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Definition of Denars
1. denar [n] - See also: denar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Denars
Literary usage of Denars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Original Sources: Ideas that Have Influenced Civilization, in edited by Oliver Joseph Thatcher (1915)
"If any one steal that bull which rules the herd and never has been yoked, he
shall be sentenced to 1800 denars, which make 45 shillings. 5. ..."
2. The Library of Original Sources by Oliver Joseph Thatcher (1907)
"flock, and it be proved on him, he shall be sentenced to 2500 denars— that is,
62 shillings. Title III. Concerning Thefts of Cattle. 4. ..."
3. Evolution of Law: Select Readings on the Origin and Development of Legal by Albert Kocourek, John Henry Wigmore (1915)
"If any man shall have called another " spy " or " perjurer," and shall not have
been able to prove it, he shall be sentenced to 600 denars, which make 15 ..."
4. Select Historical Documents of the Middle Ages by Ernest Flagg Henderson (1905)
"killed with him two or three beasts, he shall be sentenced to 1800 denars, which
make 45 shillings. Title XXXIV. Concerning the Stealing of Fences. 1. ..."
5. Readings in Ancient History: Illustrative Extracts from the Sources by William Stearns Davis (1913)
"If any one steal a pig that can live without its mother he shall be sentenced to
40 denars — that is, 1 shilling. If any one steal that bull which rules the ..."
6. Darkness and Daybreak ...: Personal Experiences, Manners, Customs, Habits by Isaac Adams (1898)
"Table of Persian currency, and its value— 5 denars = 1 gaz-beh. 30 denars = 1
tem.bal. ... 500 denars = 1 penabad = 10 shah-hi. 1000 denars = 1 keran ..."
7. The Pentateuch According to the Talmud: Genesis: with a Talmudical Commentary by Paul Isaac Hershon, Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones (1883)
"If a vendor says: I vow that I will not take less than a sela (four denars), and
the buyer says: I vow that I will not give more than a shekel (two denars], ..."
8. Sketches of Jewish Social Life in the Days of Christ by Alfred Edersheim (1881)
"... denars for a maiden, and one hundred denars for a widow, while the priestly
council at Jerusalem fixed four hundred denars for a priest's daughter. ..."
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