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† ˈcollybist Obs.
Also colli-.
[ad. L. collybista, ad. Gr. κολλυβιστής money-changer, f. κόλλυβος small coin, change: see -ist. Cf. colliby.]
A money-changer, money-dealer, usurer; miser.
c1380Wyclif Last Age Ch. (1840) p. xxxi, Þe whiche may wel be clepid collibiste. c1450Mirour Saluacioun 1746 Ffor thai ware fals vsuriers and collibistes of the pharisens. 1598Bp. Hall Sat. iv. v. 107 Unless some base hedge-creeping Collybist Scatters his refuse scraps on whom he list. 1615― Comtempl. N.T. iv. xxv, Beams of indignation in the faces of these guilty Collybists. |