单词 | grey-coated parson |
释义 | > as lemmasgrey-coated parson ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > fixed proportion dues or taxes > [noun] > tithe > collector of > specific grey parson1784 grey-coated parson1791 greycoat parson1796 tutty men1893 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > fixed proportion dues or taxes > [noun] > tithe > collector of > specific > parish tithes grey-coated parson1791 1791 T. Mendham Wonder Working Water-mill Displayed x. 90 My tithe at that time, let out and taken by a grey-coated Parson, to the last furrow, or sheaf, went from me unwillingly. 1819 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 27 Mar. 848 In the parish where I was born the Grey-coated parson has tithes to the amount of about three thousand a year, while the Black-coated one gets, perhaps, not more than three or four hundred. < as lemmas |
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