单词 | soul pence |
释义 | > as lemmassoul pence ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > contribution > [noun] > contributions for specific purposes sowl-silver?1292 pageant-silvera1430 pageant money1525 pageant-pence1551 soul pencea1556 letter money1703 a1556 R. Chancellor in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1598) I. 242 They bee great offerers of Candles, and sometimes of money, which wee call in England, Soule pense. 1847 J. Eccleston Introd. Eng. Antiq. ii. vi. 76 A payment, called the ‘soul-sceat’, or soul-penny, was made to the clergy after a death. 1870 L. Toulmin Smith Eng. Gilds 181 That soul-pence will be paid by the bretheren. 1876 J. Porter Hist. Fylde Lancs. iv. 107 The youths of Marton..on the day of the ancient festival solicited money, under the name of Soul-pence, from their neighbours. < as lemmas |
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