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Sescuplum
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
(taken once and a half), that sort of usury which consisted in making loans at fifty percent interest. Being a grievous extortion and great oppression, it was condemned in the clergy by the councils of Nice and Laodicea, under the name of ἡμιολίαι; and also in laymen by the law of Justinian, which allows nothing above centesimal interest in any case. See Bingham, Christ. Antiq. 6, 2, 6. (See USURY).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Sescuplum'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​s/sescuplum.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.