单词 | pewage |
释义 | † pewagen. Obsolete. Rent paid for a pew or pews; the arrangement or provision of pews in a church, etc.; a church's pews collectively. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > [noun] > for pew pewage1640 pew-rent1794 pew rental1837 seat-rent1865 society > faith > artefacts > furniture > seat > pew > [noun] > arrangement or provision of pewage1841 pewdom1866 1640 Articles to be enquired of within Diocesse of London sig. B4v You suffer your Parish Clark to gather his wages himselfe..upon pre[t]ence of pewage, or the like. 1684 J. Wade in J. Nichols Coll. Top. & Gen. (1836) III. 317 For pewage, Sr Lionel Jenkin £1 5 0. 1836 J. Nichols Coll. Top. & Gen. III. 316 The presents or gratuities which he received in addition to the ‘pewage money’. 1841 G. Poulson Hist. Holderness II. 288 The former pewage was very ancient; two pews bore the inscription 1590. 1842 Ecclesiologist Nov. 62 The puage of all these churches is exceeding bad. 1899 Times 22 Aug. 10/4 The Government has made no such provision, and only pays a small amount as ‘pewage’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1640 |
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