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Treasurer
King James Dictionary
or TREASURER, n. trezh'urer. One who has the care of a treasure or treasury an officer who receives the public money arising from taxes and duties or other sources of revenue, takes charge of the same, and disburses it upon orders drawn by the proper authority. Incorporated companies and private societies have also their treasurers.
In England, the lord high treasurer is the principal officer of the crown, under whose charge is all the national revenue.
The treasurer of the household, in the absence of the lord-steward, has power with the controller and other officers of the Green-cloth, and the steward of the Marshalsea, to hear and determine treasons, felonies and other crimes committed within the king's palace. There is also the treasurer of the navy, and the treasurers of the county.
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The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Entry for 'Treasurer'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/t/treasurer.html.
