☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Usurer

A person who lends money at an excessively high or unlawful rate of interest. Usury was condemned by canon law, prohibited by various statutes, and remains illegal above statutory rate caps in most jurisdictions.

Etymology: Old French 'usurier,' from Latin 'usurarius' (pertaining to use or interest), from 'usura' (use of money, interest) · Category: Banking & Finance · Source: Statute of Usury 1545; Black's Law Dictionary, 11th Ed.
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