- altarage
- The profits of a priest.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
altarage
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Altarage — • The fees received by a priest from the laity when discharging any function for them, e.g. marriages, baptisms, funerals Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Altarage Altarage … Catholic encyclopedia
Altarage — is a term once in common use in the Roman Catholic Church. From the low Latin altaragium , which signified the revenue reserved for the chaplain (altarist or altar thane) in contradistinction to the income of the parish priest, it came to signify … Wikipedia
Altarage — Al tar*age, n. [Cf. OF. auterage, autelage.] 1. The offerings made upon the altar, or to a church. [1913 Webster] 2. The profit which accrues to the priest, by reason of the altar, from the small tithes. Shipley. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
altarage — /awl teuhr ij/, n. 1. Eccles. a. offerings made upon an altar of a church. b. offerings made to a church. 2. an honorarium paid to a priest for services at the altar from offerings and gifts. 3. endowments for the saying of Masses for deceased… … Universalium
altarage — noun a) The offerings made upon the altar or to a church. b) The profit which accrues to the priest, by reason of the altar, from the small tithes … Wiktionary
Altarage — The revenue of a church or *cathedral received through oblations to an altar. The Latin form was altaragium. Cf. agium … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
altarage — payment to priest for mass; offerings at altar Ecclesiastical Terms … Phrontistery dictionary
altarage — al·tar·age … English syllables
altarage — n. offerings at altar; payment for masses for dead; certain payments to priest … Dictionary of difficult words
altarage — /61t(3)rsj/ In ecclesiastical law, offerings made on the altar; all profits which accrue to the priest by means of the altar … Black's law dictionary
altarage — /61t(3)rsj/ In ecclesiastical law, offerings made on the altar; all profits which accrue to the priest by means of the altar … Black's law dictionary
