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Definition of Altarages
1. altarage [n] - See also: altarage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Altarages
Literary usage of Altarages
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Beauties of Scotland: Containing a Clear and Full Account of the by Robert Forsyth (1805)
"In this church were twelve altarages, founded and endowed by the most ancient
families of the neighbouring gentry of the shire of Tweeddale. ..."
2. Extracts from the records of the royal burgh of Lanark: with charters and by Lanark (Scotland), Robert Renwick (1902)
"... Furthermore we will that the prebendaries or chaplains who before the alteration
of religion were provided to the said altarages and chapel shall in no ..."
3. Charters, Writs and Public Documents of the Royal Burgh of Dundee, the by Dundee (Scotland), Dundee, Scotland (1880)
"... altarages, Churches, Mortifications, or Anniversaries, wherever they be within
this kingdom ; and also with all and sundry annual rents and other duties ..."
4. The History of St. Andrews: Ancient and Modern by Charles Jobson Lyon (1838)
"JTATE OF ST ANDREWS BEFORE AND AT THE TIME OF THE REFORMATION—altarages IN THE
PARISH ... THERE were thirty chapels or altarages in the parish church, ..."
5. Ecclesiastical Law by Richard Burn, Simon Fraser (1797)
"... if not by altarages, in any one church within this realm, was in that of St..
Paul, London. For when the chantries were granted to king Henry 8. whereof ..."
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