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Webster 1913 Edition

Altarage

Al′tar-age

,
Noun.
[Cf. OF.
auterage
,
autelage
.]
1.
The offerings made upon the altar, or to a church.
2.
The profit which accrues to the priest, by reason of the altar, from the small tithes.
Shipley.

Webster 1828 Edition

Altarage

AL'TARAGE

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Noun.
The profits arising to priests from oblations, or on account of the altar. Also, in law, altars erected in virtue of donations, before the reformation, within a parochial church, for the purpose of singing a mass for deceased friends.

Definition 2024

altarage

altarage

English

Noun

altarage ‎(plural altarages)

  1. The offerings made upon the altar or to a church.
  2. The profit which accrues to the priest, by reason of the altar, from the small tithes.

References

  • altarage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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