tribute
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈtrɪbjuːt/
- Archaic
:
tributo
- The ancient king demanded a tribute from neighboring villages to prove their loyalty.
- tribute payments
- tribute and labor
- annual tributes
The the crime for which Jesus was eventually crucified was forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, IE non payment of taxes.
- The the crime for which Jesus was eventually crucified was forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, IE non payment of taxes.
- Other tribute sounds like something like Age of Empires, guys.
Examples
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He has forbidden his followers to pay tribute to the emperor, Consul!
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Farmers lay dead in their fields, famine hit, and tribute stopped coming in.
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All that pass through pay me tribute.
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My people, it is my duty as the head of this community to remind you that the gods of the harvest demand a tribute.
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Beer taken as tribute to the omukama is also treated in a special manner.
Academic text (1990) -
Despite the alleged corruption, the foreign press paid tribute to Argentina when the blue and whites won the Cup.
Academic text (1994) -
This famine has prevented the people from paying their proper tribute to the Church.
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King Frodi took control of the Danish kingdom, levying tribute and taxes.
Academic text (1999) -
The Rus who spent most of these years locked in their civil wars, still paid tribute to the Khan of the Great Horde.
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No discussion of On Liberty is complete without a tribute to its noble precursor, Milton's Areopagitica.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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1.0
Something done or given to return help and make up for harm
Antonyms
Compounds
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4.1
An album where different artists perform songs to honor a musician or support a cause
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Etymology
Tribute comes from the Latin tributum, a payment people gave to rulers or conquerors, and is related to the English word contribute, which means 'to give'. So paying tribute was originally giving money to avoid harm or to show you were under someone else's power.