Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who states.
- noun A general name for the principal or standard coin of various cities and states of ancient Greece.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who states.
- noun (Gr. Antiq.) The principal gold coin of ancient Greece. It varied much in value, the stater best known at Athens being worth about £1 2s., or about $5.35 (in 1890 value). The Attic silver
tetradrachm was in later times calledstater .
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- noun A
citizen of the United States of America who is a confirmed or lifelong resident of one singlestate . - noun A
gold ,silver orelectrum coin ofancient Greece .
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- noun a resident of a particular state or group of states
- noun any of the various silver or gold coins of ancient Greece
Etymologies
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Examples
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Coins larger than the drachma also existed; the largest denomination in each weight system is known as a stater.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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Coins larger than the drachma also existed; the largest denomination in each weight system is known as a stater.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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The stater was a unit of currency; probably in this case the Corinthian stater, almost equal to two Attic drachmas; see Appendix J, Classical Greek Currency, ©4.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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A sicle or shekel of silver, (which was also called a stater,) according to the standard or weight of the sanctuary, which was the most just and exact, was half an ounce of silver, that is, about half a crown of English money.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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A sicle or shekel of silver, (which was also called a stater,) according to the standard or weight of the sanctuary, which was the most just and exact, was half an ounce of silver, that is, about half a crown of English money.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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A sicle or shekel of silver, (which was also called a stater,) according to the standard or weight of the sanctuary, which was the most just and exact, was half an ounce of silver, that is, about half a crown of English money.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision
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The stater was a Greek gold coin; its value is usually given at about $5.00, but Grote here makes it considerably less.
The Two Great Retreats of History George Grote 1832
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They make one with an electric stater, which is not really necessary unless you lack the strength to give the rope a couple quick pulls.
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We are not told what sort of fish it was in whose mouth Peter found the "stater," a piece of money worth about three shillings, which was exactly enough to give, as the Lord told him, to those who had come to ask for money to meet some expenses belonging to the temple.
Twilight and Dawn Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation Caroline Pridham
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Peter would find in the mouth of the first fish that took his bait, is more correctly designated by the literal translation "stater," [809] indicating a silver coin equivalent to a shekel, or two didrachms, and therefore the exact amount of the tax for two persons.
Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern James Edward Talmage 1897
hernesheir commented on the word stater
One for the coin listers.
February 7, 2013
chained_bear commented on the word stater
"The Kushans issued a gold coin called a stater (the soldiers of Alexander the Great originally introduced this Greek coin to the Gandhara region in the fourth century BCE), and some bronze stater coins have been found in Khotan, the oasis 150 miles (240 km) west of Niya. In addition, the Khotan kings minted their own bronze coins in imitation of the stater (with Chinese on one face, Kharoshthi on the other), which are called Sino-Kharoshthi coins."
--Valerie Hansen, The Silk Road: A New History (Oxford and New York: Oxford UP, 2012), 48
December 30, 2016