publicans in English

noun
1
a person who owns or manages a pub.
Food was not high on your average publican 's agenda, nor was it high priority for his customers.
2
(in ancient Roman and biblical times) a collector of taxes.
He is the same as He was when He received Mary Magdalene - called Matthew the publican - brought Zacchaeus down from the tree, and made them examples of what His grace could do.

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "publicans" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "publicans", or refer to the context using the word "publicans" in the English Dictionary.

1. The publicans have been Blackguarded,’ he said

2. And, if I recollect right, he Chummed in with publicans and sinners

3. He has also noted the importance of publicans as profit-minded promoters of plebeian events.

4. Watch Committees were organized to keep an eye on prostitution and the granting of licences to publicans.

5. * How might the Savior’s response have helped the scribes and Pharisees understand why He associated with publicans and sinners?

6. The Licensed Vintners Association, which represents Ireland's publicans, has told members to provide disinfectant for rural pubs.

7. The clergy and the publicans, and the Parnellites were found "Arrayed" in "scandalous alliance" against the Liberal cause.

8. Bushe, from Stoke-on-Trent and was raised by publicans, knew early on what he wanted to do

9. The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

10. The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.

11. “The publicans [tax collectors] of the New Test[ament] were regarded as traitors and apostates, defiled by their frequent intercourse with the heathen, willing tools of the oppressor.

12. McClintock and Strong’s Cyclopedia says: “The publicans [tax collectors] of the New Test[ament] were regarded as traitors and apostates, defiled by their frequent intercourse with the heathen, willing tools of the oppressor.