drachma|drachmae|drachmai|drachmas in English

noun

[drach·ma || 'drækmə]

unit of currency in Greece; silver coin of ancient Greece; any of several modern units of weight

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1. 24 After they arrived in Ca·perʹna·um, the men collecting the two drachmas tax approached Peter and said: “Does your teacher not pay the two drachmas tax?”

2. 24 After they arrived in Ca·perʹna·um, the men collecting the two drachmas* tax approached Peter and said: “Does your teacher not pay the two drachmas tax?”

3. You want an overnight shipment to Hades, that will be 250 drachmas.

4. Rhodes – in 1992 EOT set the price of admission tickets at 1 500 drachmas.

5. A special set of postage stamps were commissioned; the sale of which raised 400,000 drachmas.

6. + The governor* gave to the treasury 1,000 gold drachmas,* 50 bowls, and 530 priests’ robes.

7. Equivalent to four drachmas, it amounted to about four days’ wages at that time.

8. This meant going from one bank to another, a bag brimming with wads of crisp drachma notes.

9. Six Indian-standard silver drachmas were discovered at Ai-Khanoum in 1970, which depict Hindu deities.

10. Next, Jesus told of a woman who searched for a lost drachma coin and rejoiced upon finding it.

11. * 72 And the rest of the people gave 20,000 gold drachmas, 2,000 silver miʹnas, and 67 priests’ robes.

12. Instead of the minimum three months, I was condemned to just ten days in prison and a 300-drachma fine.

13. In April 1992 the Greek drachma was the only Community currency not yet part of the EMS exchange-rate mechanism.

14. According to their Ability they gave to the treasury for the work 61,000 gold drachmas and 5,000 silver minas and 100 priestly garments

15. + 69 According to their means, they gave to the project treasury 61,000 gold drachmas,* 5,000 silver miʹnas,*+ and 100 robes for the priests.

16. This lustrous metal was irresistible to the ancient Greeks who found Silver in abundance in Athens and minted them into Coins called the drachma.

17. By the time of Jesus’ earthly ministry, the drachma probably had depreciated to about 3.4 g (0.109 oz t) and hence would be presently evaluated at 65 cents.

18. It has also been said that Demosthenes paid Isaeus 10,000 drachmae (somewhat over 1.5 talents) on the condition that Isaeus should withdraw from a school of rhetoric which he had opened, and should devote himself wholly to Demosthenes, his new pupil.