{"def":{"short":"properly, an enrollment (\"census\"), i.e., (by implication) a tax","long":["census (among the Romans, denoting a register and valuation of property in accordance with which taxes were paid), in the New Testament the tax or tribute levied on individuals and to be paid yearly","the coin with which the tax is paid, tribute money"]},"deriv":"of Latin origin","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈken.sos","ipa_mod":"ˈke̞n.sows","sbl":"kēnsos","dic":"KANE-sose","dic_mod":"KANE-sose"}}