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单词 soul pence
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soul pence
soul pence n. (also in singular form soul penny) Obsolete (historical in later use) money given or subscribed to pay for a mass or prayers for the soul of a dead person; = soul-scot n.
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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.
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