PUBLICANS
\pˈʌblɪkənz], \pˈʌblɪkənz], \p_ˈʌ_b_l_ɪ_k_ə_n_z]\
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[L.] The farmers of the public revenues at Rome. They formed two distinct classes-the farmers-general being men of high rank and importance, while their deputies were of an inferior grade and of very doubtful reputation. It is of the latter that the New Testament speaks under the title of telonai.
By Henry Percy Smith
