exactor (egzaktor)

[ customs. Hereby the land was filled with bitter cursings (though in secret) by those that wish such vnreasonable exactors neuer to see good end of the vse of that monie. Holinshed, Hen. III., an. 1229. The exactors of rates came to Simon Peter, asking him if his Master paid the accustomed imposition. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 269. 2. One who or that which requires or demands by authority: as, an exactor of etiquette. It. is the rigidest exactor of truth, in all our behaviour, of any other doctrine or institution whatsoever. South , Works, I. xii. 3. One who compels another to pay more than is legal or reasonable; one who is unreasonably strict in his demands or requirements. In requyting a good tourne, shew not thy selfe negligent nor contrarye: bee not an exact our of another man. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 106. Men that are in health are severe exactors of patience Jer. Taylor , Holy Dying, ii. § 3. at the hands of them that are sick. The service of sin is perfect slavery; and he who will pay obedience to the command of it shall find it an unreasonable task-master, and an unmeasurable exactor . South , Works, II. i.