Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In old law: An appellation given to the priest to whom the altarage belonged. A chaplain. Also called
altar-thane .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A chaplain.
- noun A vicar of a church.
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- noun obsolete A
chaplain . - noun obsolete The
vicar of achurch .
Etymologies
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altar + -ist. Compare Latin altarista, French altariste.
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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.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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