| 单词 | surplice fees |
| 释义 | > as lemmassurplice fees surplice fees n. the dues received by an incumbent for the performance of marriages, burials, and other ministerial offices. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > church dues > for marriages, burials, or christenings book-money1650 surplice fees1725 stole-fees1845 1725 T. Thomas in MSS. Dk. Portland (Hist. MSS. Comm.) VI. 129 The allowance of the Curate here..is twenty marks a year, and the surplice fees. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. iii. vii. 89 Whatsoever falls under the denomination of surplice-fees, for marriages or other ministerial offices of the church. 1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism 49 Surplice fees are unknown in Scotland. < as lemmas |
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