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31publican — /pablakan/ In the civil law, a farmer of the public revenue; one who held a lease of some property from the public treasury; a collector of taxes and tolls. In English law, a person authorized by license to keep a public house, and retail therein …
32publican — One who serves food or drink prepared for consumption on the premises. Friend v Childs Dining Room Hall Co. 231 Mass 65, 120 NE 407, 5 ALR 1100. An innkeeper. A saloonkeeper. (Civil law.) A tax collector …
33publican — n. 1 a Brit. the keeper of a public house. b Austral. the keeper of a hotel. 2 Rom.Hist. & Bibl. a tax collector or tax farmer. Etymology: ME f. OF publicain f. L publicanus f. publicum public revenue (as PUBLIC) …
34The Publican — is a weekly magazine for the UK licensed trade.The Publican, which launched in 1975, features news and comment on issues that affect the pub trade as well as jobs and pubs for sale and lease. The magazine has an audited circulation of 33,404 and… …
35Pharisee and the Publican — The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican is a parable told by Jesus in the gospel of Luke. In it, a Pharisee, grateful for his own virtue, is judged lower than a tax collector who is ashamed of his own sin. The lesson teaches the value of… …
36Paddy Conlon (publican) — Paddy Conlon (fl. c. 1925) was an Australian publican who founded the town of Narembeen, Western Australia.While a publican in Perth, Conlon and a lawyer friend recognised a commercial opportunity to sell alcohol at the railway siding of… …
37Reˈpublican ˌParty, the — one of the two main political parties in the US …
38Great Lent — Orthodox church in the Czech Republic vested in lenten colors. Liturgical year Western …
39Marcel Fox — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Fox. Marcel Fox (1910 1945) fut, pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, un agent secret français du Special Operations Executive. Lors de sa deuxième mission en France, il dirigea le réseau PUBLICAN en Seine et… …
40Escape Velocity (novel) — Escape Velocity is the first novel in the Warlock of Gramarye series by Christopher Stasheff, published in 1983.The tone of this sci fi/fantasy novel is cynical and dry witted. It contains social and governmental overtones.Plot introductionFrom… …
