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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024al•tar•age (ôl′tər ij),USA pronunciation n. - [Eccles.]
- offerings made upon an altar of a church.
- offerings made to a church.
- an honorarium paid to a priest for services at the altar from offerings and gifts.
- endowments for the saying of Masses for deceased persons, often at a particular altar.
- Anglo-French, Old French auterage. See altar, -age
- Middle English awterage 1350–1400
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