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confiscation

Meaning of “confiscation”

Forfeiture or loss of goods.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesCawdrey 1604Webster 1828
1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Ezra 7:26

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Ezra 7:26
And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezra 7:26 · retained source text

And whosoeuer will not doe the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let iudgement be executed speedily vpon him, whether it be vnto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

1611 marginal noteChald. to rooting out.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

The act of condemning as forfeited, and adjudging to the public treasury; as the goods of a criminal who has committed a public offense. Ezra 7:26.

volume 1, leaf 458, column 1 (entry starts at OCR line 12)