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单词 church ale
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church alen.

Brit. /ˈtʃəːtʃ eɪl/, U.S. /ˈtʃərtʃ ˌeɪl/
Forms: see church n.1 and adj. and ale n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: church n.1, ale n.
Etymology: < church n.1 + ale n.
historical since 18th cent.
A festivity during which ale is drunk, held by or in connection with a church esp. to raise money for church repair, the poor, etc. Also: the ale drunk at such a festivity. Cf. ale n. 2, kirk-ale n., scot-ale n.The ale drunk or the malt for brewing it was sometimes contributed by the parishioners themselves.Church ales were suppressed at the Reformation, and forbidden by canon from being held in any church or churchyard (see quot. 1604). However it is clear that the practice continued for some time afterwards, probably dying out during the early 18th cent.
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1448 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 89 (MED) For a taverne that ys ymade of ye Churche ale.
1454 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 95 (MED) For expenses atte Cherche ale of Wryngton x d.
1491 in J. L. Glasscock Rec. St. Michael's Bishop's Stortford (1882) 27 Item of a chirch ale which was made to the use of the tabernacle vjs. viijd.
1524 Kingston-upon-Thames Borough Rec. in D. Lysons Environs of London (1792) I. 228 Recd at the Church-ale and Robynhode all things deducted 3 10 6.
1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. i. i. 32 The superfluous numbers of..church-ales, helpe-ales, and soule-ales..are well diminished.
1604 Canons Eccl. §88 The Churchwardens..shall suffer no Playes, Feasts, Banquets, Suppers, Church-ales, Drinkings..to bee kept in the Church, Chapell, or Churchyard.
1692 R. Gardiner Compl. Constable 53 Every person keeping or being present on the Lord's-Day at any..Church-Ale, Dancing, Game, Sport, or Pastime whatsoever, he forfeits 5 s.
1733 D. Neal Hist. Puritans II. 246 Complaint having been made..of great Inconveniencies arising from Revels, Church Ales, and Clerk Ales on the Lord's Days.
1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. xix, 129 Church-ale, was a feast established for the repair of the church.
1837 N. Hawthorne Twice-told Tales 84 In their train were..mummers, rope-dancers, and mountebanks, who would long be missed at wakes, church-ales, and fairs.
1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) I. xiii. 628 (note) The later church-ale was a custom of collecting contributions of malt from the parishioners, with which a quantity of ale was brewed, and sold for the payment of church expenses.
1892 Rep. & Trans. Devonshire Assoc. 24 334 All parochial accounts that date back to the pre-Reformation period, contain numerous entries relating to the brewing and selling of church ales.
1940 A. L. Rowse Eng. Spirit (1944) iv. 37 There is some truth in the notion of merry England: the England of maypoles and church-ales and dancing on the village green, of harvest-homes and Twelfth Night.
1973 C. A. Wilson Food & Drink in Brit. x. 377 But..bride-ales, church-ales,..Midsummer-ales, tithe-ales, wedding-ales, Whitsun-ales and many more still took place.
2009 Wilts. Times (Nexis) 4 Dec. It also served as a brewery for the production of church ales.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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