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churchscot

noun

Etymology

From church + scot, and probably also absorbing earlier Middle English chirshet, cherset, chershet ("customary rent paid for the support of the church"; > modern English churchset), from Old English ċiriċsċeatt (“tax or rent paid to the church, church-money, churchscot”), thus also equivalent to church + scat.

  1. inherited from ċiriċsċeatt — “tax or rent paid to the church, church-money, churchscot”
  2. inherited from chirshet

Definitions

  1. A payment once paid to support the clergy, sometimes in the form of livestock, grain, or…

    A payment once paid to support the clergy, sometimes in the form of livestock, grain, or other crops.

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