† Chad-farthingn.

Etymology: apparently from name of St. Chad, patron saint of Lichfield.

Obsolete.

(See quot. 1806.)

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > collection > during Whitsun

smoke-farthing1444

pentecostal1549

Chad-farthingc1588

Whitsun-farthing1656

Pentecost money1664

c1588 Comm.-pl. bk. R. Columbell, Darley Hall, Derbysh. [Diocese of Lichfield] in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 255 A dewtye belonging of oulde tyme to the churches. Every house payd at Easter..j farthynge called a waxfarthinge, and another called a chaddfarthinge..the chaddfarthinge to hallow the fonte for christining of children and for oyle and creame to anoyle sicke folkes wyth.

1806 T. Harwood Hist. Lichfield 109 Called Whitsun-farthings or Pentecostals, because it was usually given on Midlent or Whitsunday; and at Lichfield it was called Chad-pennies or Chad-farthings, in allusion to the founder of the cathedral.

Derivatives

Chad-pennies n. ‘pennies paid at the cathedral of Lichfield, dedicated to St. Chad, on Whit-Sunday, in aid of the repairs’ (Brewer Dict. Phr. & Fable).

ΚΠ

1806*Chad-pennies [see main sense].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	chad-farthing
释义	† Chad-farthingn. Etymology: apparently from name of St. Chad, patron saint of Lichfield. Obsolete. (See quot. 1806.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > collection > during Whitsun smoke-farthing1444 pentecostal1549 Chad-farthingc1588 Whitsun-farthing1656 Pentecost money1664 c1588 Comm.-pl. bk. R. Columbell, Darley Hall, Derbysh. [Diocese of Lichfield] in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 255 A dewtye belonging of oulde tyme to the churches. Every house payd at Easter..j farthynge called a waxfarthinge, and another called a chaddfarthinge..the chaddfarthinge to hallow the fonte for christining of children and for oyle and creame to anoyle sicke folkes wyth. 1806 T. Harwood Hist. Lichfield 109 Called Whitsun-farthings or Pentecostals, because it was usually given on Midlent or Whitsunday; and at Lichfield it was called Chad-pennies or Chad-farthings, in allusion to the founder of the cathedral. Derivatives Chad-pennies n. ‘pennies paid at the cathedral of Lichfield, dedicated to St. Chad, on Whit-Sunday, in aid of the repairs’ (Brewer Dict. Phr. & Fable). ΚΠ 1806*Chad-pennies [see main sense]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1588
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