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MITE

Volume 14 · 45 words · 1815 Edition

a small piece of money mentioned Luke xii. 59, and xxi. 2. In the Greek it is χορεύτης, i.e. quadrant, or a quarter of the Roman denarius; so that the mite was worth about seven farthings, or twopence of our money.

See ACARUS, ENTOMOLOGY Index.