Term

usury

The practice of lending money at interest, which in modern contexts specifically refers to excessive interest rates.

Filed underChurch History

Definition

In modern context it is the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest; originally it meant any instance of lending money at interest.

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Sources

  1. 1.Jerald C. Brauer and B. A. Gerrish, ed. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971). 840Original citation: Brauer, Jerald C., and B. A. Gerrish, eds. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971, 840.

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