MINT

A garden herb, sufficiently known. The Pharisees, desiring to distinguish themselves by a most scrupulous and literal observation of the law, gave tithes of mint, anise, and cummin, Mt 23:23. Our Savior does not censure this exactness, but complains, that while they were so precise in these lesser matters, they neglected the essential commandments of the law-making their punctiliousness about easy and external duties an excuse for disregarding their obligations to love God supremely, to be regenerated in heart, and just and beneficent in life.

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Mint. Mint
(Gr. heduosmon, i.e., “having a sweet smell”), one of the garden herbs of which the Pharisees paid tithes (Matt. 23:23; Luke 11:42). It belongs to the labiate family of plants. The species most common in Syria is the Mentha sylvestris, the wild mint, which grows much larger than the garden mint (M. sativa). It was much used in domestic economy as a condiment, and also as a medicine. The paying of tithes of mint was in accordance with the Mosiac law (Deut. 14:22), but the error of the Pharisees lay in their being more careful about this little matter of the mint than about weightier matters.

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MINT. → General scriptures concerning Mt 23:23; Lu 11:42

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mint. Mint, v.t. to coin, stamp money, invent, forge

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Mint (mĭnt), n. [[AS. minte, fr. L. mentha, Gr. μίνθα, μίνθη.]] (Bot.) The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See Mentha. ☞ Corn mint is Mentha arvensis. — Horsemint is M. sylvestris, and in the United States Monarda punctata, which differs from the true mints in several respects. — Mountain mint is any species of the related genus Pycnanthemum, common in North America. — Peppermint is M. piperita. — Spearmint is M. viridis. — Water mint is M. aquatica. Mint camphor. (Chem.) See Menthol. — Mint julep. See Julep. — Mint sauce, a sauce flavored with spearmint, for meats.