Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Offerings made upon an altar or to a church. The honorarium or stipend received by a priest from offerings and gifts on account of services at the altar. Sometimes called
small tithes and altardues. - noun In Scotland, formerly, an endowment granted for the saying of masses for deceased friends at a particular altar.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The offerings made upon the altar, or to a church.
- noun The profit which accrues to the priest, by reason of the altar, from the small tithes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
offerings made upon thealtar or to achurch . - noun The
profit which accrues to the priest, by reason of the altar, from the smalltithes .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Robert (1121-1159), with the object of superseding the Culdees, founded in 1144 a priory for the regular monks of St. Augustine, granting to them the Hospital of St. Andrews, with portions of the altarage.
whichbe commented on the word altarage
Payment to priest for mass; offerings at altar. (from Phrontistery)
May 25, 2008
qms commented on the word altarage
Or maybe a display of priestly anger from the pulpit?
May 13, 2015