smoke-farthingn.

Etymology: smoke n. 2b.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsmoke-farthing.

Historical.

An offering made at Whitsuntide by the householders of a diocese to the cathedral church; also, a hearth-tax (see quot. 1765).

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smoke-farthing1444

pentecostal1549

Chad-farthingc1588

Whitsun-farthing1656

Pentecost money1664

1444 Bp. Alnwick's Reg. in C. Wordsworth Lincoln Stat. ii. (1897) 487 Commissio ad leuand' le smoke ffardyngis alias dict' Lincoln farthinges.

1524 in W. L. Nash Churchwardens' Acct. Bk. St. Giles, Reading (1851) 22 To the Official for smoke farthyngs, iiij^s j^d.

1575 in North St. Martin's, Leicester 144 For peterpence or smoke farthynges sometyme due to the Anthecriste of roome, xd.

1609 in W. Money Hist. of Newbury (1887) 529 P[ai]d for Pentecostalles, otherwise called smoke farthings.

1710 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum II Smoke-farthings, the Pentecostals, or Customary Oblations offered by the Inhabitants within any Diocess, when they made their Processione to the Mother or Cathedral Church.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 323 As early as the conquest mention is made in domesday book of fumage or fuage, vulgarly called smoke farthings; which were paid by custom to the king for every chimney in the house.

1857 J. Toulmin Smith Parish (new ed.) 503 An ‘Ale’ held at the time of paying the ‘Smoke-farthing’ or Wax-silver.

1884 S. Dowell Hist. Taxation in Eng. I. i. ii. 12 A fumage, or tax of smoke farthings, or hearth tax..ranges among those of the Anglo-Saxon period.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	smoke-farthing
释义	smoke-farthingn. Etymology: smoke n. 2b.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsmoke-farthing. Historical. An offering made at Whitsuntide by the householders of a diocese to the cathedral church; also, a hearth-tax (see quot. 1765). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > collection > during Whitsun smoke-farthing1444 pentecostal1549 Chad-farthingc1588 Whitsun-farthing1656 Pentecost money1664 1444 Bp. Alnwick's Reg. in C. Wordsworth Lincoln Stat. ii. (1897) 487 Commissio ad leuand' le smoke ffardyngis alias dict' Lincoln farthinges. 1524 in W. L. Nash Churchwardens' Acct. Bk. St. Giles, Reading (1851) 22 To the Official for smoke farthyngs, iiij^s j^d. 1575 in North St. Martin's, Leicester 144 For peterpence or smoke farthynges sometyme due to the Anthecriste of roome, xd. 1609 in W. Money Hist. of Newbury (1887) 529 P[ai]d for Pentecostalles, otherwise called smoke farthings. 1710 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum II Smoke-farthings, the Pentecostals, or Customary Oblations offered by the Inhabitants within any Diocess, when they made their Processione to the Mother or Cathedral Church. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 323 As early as the conquest mention is made in domesday book of fumage or fuage, vulgarly called smoke farthings; which were paid by custom to the king for every chimney in the house. 1857 J. Toulmin Smith Parish (new ed.) 503 An ‘Ale’ held at the time of paying the ‘Smoke-farthing’ or Wax-silver. 1884 S. Dowell Hist. Taxation in Eng. I. i. ii. 12 A fumage, or tax of smoke farthings, or hearth tax..ranges among those of the Anglo-Saxon period. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1444
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