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Webster 1913 Edition


Denarius

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De-na′ri-us

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Noun.
;
pl.
Denarii
(#)
.
[L. See 2d
Denier
.]
A Roman silver coin of the value of about fourteen cents; the “penny” of the New Testament; – so called from being worth originally ten of the pieces called
as
.