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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| 释义 | society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > collection > during Whitsun (5) smoke-farthing1444 An offering made at Whitsuntide by the householders of a diocese to the cathedral church; also, a hearth-tax (see quot. 1765). pentecostal1549 An offering formerly made at Whitsuntide by a parishioner to a priest, or by a church to its mother church. Now historical. Chad-farthingc1588 (See quot. 1806.) Whitsun-farthing1656 an offering made at Whitsuntide by a parishioner to a priest (cf. pentecostal, n. 1). Pentecost money1664 = pentecostal, n. 1. |
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