Examples of 'publican' in a sentence
Meaning of "publican"
Publican is a noun referring to a person who owns or manages a pub or tavern
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- The landlord (manager or owner) of a public house (“a bar or tavern, often also selling food and sometimes lodging; a pub”).
- The manager or owner of a hotel.
- A tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times (1st century C.E.) who was generally regarded as sinful for extorting more tax than was due, and as a traitor for serving the Roman Empire.
- Any person who collects customs duties, taxes, tolls, or other forms of public revenue.
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But a good publican takes neither side.
You are meant to be a soldier not a bloody publican.
Pretty face and a publican for a father.
The publican went back to his home justified.
The attitude of the publican is entirely different.
The publican goes down to his house justified.
I will make it sweet with the publican.
Self to the publican was nothing but shame.
The entry fee is decided by the publican.
To have a publican in the family was a public disgrace.
That was his last venture as a publican.
Yet it was the publican that went away justified.
Then follows the call of the publican.
A publican has to be the soul of discretion.
Consider now the lowliness of the publican.
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The publican watched soccer with his regulars.
A sense never dreamed of by politician and publican.
The publican and the pharisee.
How like a fawning publican he looks.
The publican did not trust in himself.
Now look at the publican and his prayer.
My husband says you might talk to the publican.
Jewish law prohibited a publican from certain activities.
If you think you are here to bawl like a publican.
The publican confessed his sin.
I did not know his brother was publican.
Publican heard the shots.
Would probably fit better become a humble publican.
He was a publican before entering politics.
This fine is doubled if the guilty party is a publican by trade.
He says the publican was justified rather than the other.
He can not even come to an arrangement with the publican.
Christ said the publican went down to his house justified.
Tell me some more about your friend the publican.
The publican was of humble disposition.
Her uncle was the publican.
The publican went away justified.
His father was a factory worker who later became a publican.
A publican is like a priest.
The house of the publican.
He subsequently became a publican and also worked in the upholstery trade.
He never said such things to any poor publican or sinner.
The publican said he was there between midnight and one.
He was a rich man and a publican.
Jerry is not just a mere publican but the king of vulgarism.
Romaine desired to die with the language of the publican.
And therefore the publican went down to his house only justified.
The other man was a publican.
The despised publican became one of the most devoted evangelists.
He later worked as a publican.
