'Stater' definitions:
Definition of 'stater'
From: WordNet
noun
Any of the various silver or gold coins of ancient Greece
noun
A resident of a particular state or group of states; "Keystone stater"; "farm staters"
Definition of 'Stater'
From: GCIDE
- Stater \Stat"er\ (st[=a]t"[~e]r), n. One who states. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stater'
From: GCIDE
- Stater \Sta"ter\ (st[=a]"t[~e]r), n. [L. stater, Gr. stath`r.] (Gr. Antiq.) The principal gold coin of ancient Greece. It varied much in value, the stater best known at Athens being worth about [pounds]1 2s., or about $5.35 (in 1890 value). The Attic silver tetradrachm was in later times called stater. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Definition of 'Stater'
From: Easton
- Stater Greek word rendered "piece of money" (Matt. 17:27, A.V.; and "shekel" in R.V.). It was equal to two didrachmas ("tribute money," 17:24), or four drachmas, and to about 2s. 6d. of our money. (See SHEKEL.)