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Meanings of publicans in English
Occupation in antiquity.
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Usage of publicans in English
1
He touched the lepers; He was the Friend of publicans and sinners.
2
As a former publican, I appreciate the difficulties that publicans operate under.
3
The Founder of your faith was a friend of publicans and sinners.
4
Now the publicans and sinners drew near unto him to hear him.
5
So did the publicans and harlots seem to those proud, blind Pharisees.
6
Such are not willing to eat and drink with publicans and sinners.
7
Demands for costly increases would put publicans in a difficult position, he said.
8
However, one group he should have ignored is the representative body for publicans.
9
Madam, - Many publicans say the smoking ban has hit their profits hard.
10
How does he propose to stop existing publicans from buying the new outlets?
11
The master and the servants are the prey of the publicans.
12
Sometimes one tent sufficed; at other times rival publicans were on the ground.
13
In the publicans and harlots as well as in the philosophers?
14
Remember your Lord; he was familiar with publicans and sinners to a proverb.
15
Co-editor Fiona Stapley commented: Most strikingly, the mood among publicans themselves is changing.
16
The LVA claims to represent 95 per cent of Dublin publicans.
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