CENSUS: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | 'sensus
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| Matching Terms: | | Censual, censurable, censure, censured, Censurer, Census Bureau, census taker
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] a period count of the population
- [v] conduct a census; "They censused the deer in the forest"
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| | Synonyms: | | nosecount |
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| | See Also: | | count, count, counting, enumerate, enumeration, number, numerate, numeration, reckoning, tally | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cen"sus\, n. [L. census, fr. censere. See {Censor}.]
1. (Bot. Antiq.) A numbering of the people, and valuation of
their estate, for the purpose of imposing taxes, etc.; --
usually made once in five years.
2. An official registration of the number of the people, the
value of their estates, and other general statistics of a
country.
Note: A general census of the United States was first taken
in 1790, and one has been taken at the end of every ten
years since.
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | There are five instances of a census of the Jewish people having been taken. (1.) In the fourth month after the Exodus, when the people were encamped at Sinai. The number of men from twenty years old and upward was then 603,550 (Ex. 38:26). (2.) Another census was made just before the entrance into Canaan, when the number was found to be 601,730, showing thus a small decrease (Num. 26:51). (3.) The next census was in the time of David, when the number, exclusive of the tribes of Levi and Benjamin, was found to be 1,300,000 (2 Sam. 24:9; 1 Chr. 21:5). (4.) Solomon made a census of the foreigners in the land, and found 153,600 able-bodied workmen (2 Chr. 2:17, 18). (5.) After the return from Exile the whole congregation of Israel was numbered, and found to amount to 42,360 (Ezra 2:64). A census was made by the Roman government in the time of our Lord (Luke 2:1). (See TAXING.) |
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| Glossary |
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| | Definition: | | a comprehensive survey of a population designed to reveal its basic demographic characteristics. |
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