thelonyEtymologyFrom Latin telōnium, from Ancient Greek τελώνῐον (telṓnĭon, “custom house”), from τέλος (télos, “due, tax, toll”).thelony means A toll or custom required from travelling merchants as a tax on doing business. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.nounA toll or custom required from travelling merchants as a tax on doing business.“As to thelony, it pleases us to exact old and just thelony from the merchants at bridges, and on ships and at markets. But let new or unjust thelony be not exacted where ropes are stretched or where ships pass under bridges, or in other similar cases in which no aid is lent to the travellers.”