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

alt text
altaite
altanserin
altar
altar bell
altar boy
altar boys
altar card
altar cards
altar girl
altar girls
altar poem
altar screen
altar wine
altar wines
altarage (current term)
altarages
altarist
altarists
altarity
altarlike
altarpiece
altarpieces
altars
altarwise
altazimuth
altazimuths
altbier
altbiers
altepetl

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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