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ˈmass-penny arch.
[mass n.1]
An offering of money made at mass.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. iii. 217 Prestes..Askeþ Meede and Masse-pons and heore Mete eke. c1386Chaucer Sompn. T. 41 A goddes halfpeny or a masse peny. 1470–85Malory Arthur xviii. xx. 761 Praye for my soule & bery me atte leest & offre ye my masse peny. 1528Tindale Obed. Chr. Man Pref. xv, He..fetteth here a masse peny, there a trentall, yonder dirige money. 1849Rock Ch. of Fathers II. vii. 504. 1877 C. M. Yonge Cameos III. xvii. 156 He had been at the chapel..and offered his mass-penny.
attrib.1579E. K. Gloss. Spenser's Sheph. Cal. June 25 Theyr packed pelfe and Masse-penie religion. |