responsions

This was the origin of the military commanderies whose contributions, called responsions, flowed into Jerusalem, swollen by the collections which the hospital was authorized to make in Europe.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

These "responsions" were a tax levied on the "Languages" exclusively for the purpose of combatting the infidel, and La Valette brought all the firmness of his high character to bear, in order to induce these Knights to do what, he reminded them, was their simple and obvious duty.

Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean E. Hamilton Currey

So great was the influence of La Valette that he succeeded in making the "Languages" (or confederations of Knights) of Germany and Venice pay their "responsions," which had been allowed to get into arrear.

Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean E. Hamilton Currey

Systems more numerous than dactyls and spondees in Classic verse, patent putters outnumbered only by howlers in Oxford responsions, bear witness to this graceless statement.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-20 Various

The shadowy warfare is now waged, apparently, in the London press and magazines, in the bulls of popes and the responsions of archbishops.

Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles W. R. Washington Sullivan

These lay knights assumed the revenues of these commanderies on condition of furnishing to the order an annual contribution analogous to the responsions of the military orders.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

Everywhere in nature Whitman finds human relations, human responsions.

The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton John Burroughs 1879

Virgil and the Iliad of Homer -- two books chiefly studied for the little-go or responsions.

The English Spy An Original Work Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous. Comprising Scenes And Sketches In Every Rank Of Society, Being Portraits Drawn From The Life Robert Cruikshank 1828