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Lepton

/ˈlɛptɒn/

A coin used since ancient times in Greece, serving in modern times as one hundredth of a phoenix, a drachma, and a euro (as the Greek form of the Eurocent).

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noun
  1. 1

    A coin used since ancient times in Greece, serving in modern times as one hundredth of a phoenix, a drachma, and a euro (as the Greek form of the Eurocent).

  2. 2

    A small, bronze Judean coin from the 1st century B.C.E., considered by some to be the widow's mite.

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