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单词 whore toll
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whore toll
whore toll n. Obsolete rare a sum of money paid by priests for committing sexual sins such as fornication, using prostitutes, or keeping a mistress.Apparently an isolated use. The reference is to the cullagium, a tax levied by the state on mistresses kept by clergymen.
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1545 M. Coverdale tr. Defence Poore Christen Man sig. Eiijv Romishe prestes..take harlottes..whan they will..and aske no question for conscience sake, so that they paye the bishope the whore toll.
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