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tributary

Meaning of “tributary”

Subject to paying tribute to another.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Lamentations 1:1

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The KJV occurrence

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Lamentations 1:1
HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Lamentations 1:1 · retained source text

¶ How doeth the citie sit solitarie that was full of people? How is she become as a widow? She that was great among the nations, and princesse among the prouinces, how is she become tributarie?

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Historical definitions

Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 2, leaf 802