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Exchequer of the Jews

Exchequer of the Jews proper noun: a division of the Court of Exchequer at Westminster that recorded and regulated the taxes and the law-cases of the Jews in England and Wales, operating from the late 1190s until the eventual expulsion of the Jews in 1290.

Proper noun

the Exchequer of the Jews

  1. (historical) A division of the Court of Exchequer at Westminster that recorded and regulated the taxes and the law-cases of the Jews in England and Wales, operating from the late 1190s until the eventual expulsion of the Jews in 1290.

Questions about Exchequer of the Jews

What does Exchequer of the Jews mean?
Exchequer of the Jews means a division of the Court of Exchequer at Westminster that recorded and regulated the taxes and the law-cases of the Jews in England and Wales, operating from the late 1190s until the eventual expulsion of the Jews in 1290.
What part of speech is Exchequer of the Jews?
Exchequer of the Jews is a proper noun.

Words near Exchequer of the Jews in the dictionary

  1. exchecker
  2. excheckers
  3. exchequer
  4. exchequer bill
  5. exchequer bills
  6. Exchequer of the Jews
  7. exchequered
  8. exchequering
  9. exchequers
  10. exchequership
  11. Exciban

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