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soulscot

noun

Etymology

From Middle English saulesoth, *soulescot, from sāwolsċeatt (“an ecclesiastical due, to be paid for every deceased person to the clergy of the church to which he belonged, in consideration of the services performed by them in his behalf”), equivalent to soul + scot.

  1. inherited from saulesoth

Definitions

  1. A funeral payment, formerly made at the grave, usually to the parish priest in whose…

    A funeral payment, formerly made at the grave, usually to the parish priest in whose church service for the departed had been said; a mortuary.

    • O, by my soulscot, I do love to tell My stories with the haste I often count, At drowsy night, my Paternoster belt.
    • He will pay his brotherhood yearly, and soulscot on the death of a brother or sister, except for reason of poverty; […]
    • The vagaries of the records bar any firm calculation of membership figures – especially as receipts include money for 'soulscot', presumably made on behalf of the dead.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA