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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Levy
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(Fr. levee, from lever, Lat. levare, to lift, raise), the raising of money by the collection of an assessment, &c., a tax or compulsory contribution; also the collection of a body of men for military or other purposes. When all the able-bodied men of a nation are enrolled for service, the French term levee en masse, levy in mass, is frequently used.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Levy'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​l/levy.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Levy'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​l/levy.html. 1910.