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Definition of Altarage
1. n. The offerings made upon the altar, or to a church.
Definition of Altarage
1. Noun. The offerings made upon the altar or to a church. ¹
2. Noun. The profit which accrues to the priest, by reason of the altar, from the small tithes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Altarage
1. offerings made upon the altar [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Altarage
Literary usage of Altarage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Extracts from the records of the royal burgh of Lanark: with charters and by Lanark (Scotland), Robert Renwick (1902)
"... and the common dues under specified, lying within the burgh, parish and
liberties of Paisley, viz : the altarage of Saints Mirin and Columba, ..."
2. Records of Buckinghamshire, Or, Papers and Notes on the History, Antiquities by Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society (1858)
"... Prebendary of Merston, concerning the value of the proceeds of the altarage
of such Chapels, And it being found by the same Inquisition that the ..."
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