Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stater"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Stater
Greek word rendered "piece of money" (Matt. 17:27, A.V.; and
"shekel" in R.V.). It was equal to two didrachmas ("tribute
money," 17:24), or four drachmas, and to about 2s. 6d. of our
money. (See {SHEKEL}.)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stater \Stat"er\, n.
One who states.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stater \Sta"ter\, n. [L. stater, Gr. ?.] (Gr. Antiq.)
The principal gold coin of ancient Grece. It varied much in
value, the stater best known at Athens being worth about
[pounds]1 2s., or about $5.35. The Attic silver tetradrachm
was in later times called stater.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stater
n 1: any of the various silver or gold coins of ancient Greece
2: a resident of a particular state or group of states;
"Keystone stater"; "farm staters"
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