| 释义 |
pittancery Obs. exc. Hist.|ˈpɪtənsərɪ|
In 6 pitensarie.
[ME. a. OF. pitancerie, f. pitancier pittancer; see -ery. In med.L. pitantiāria.]
The office of the pittancer of a convent; the estate belonging to this office.
1585Abingdon Acc. (Camden) 167 A parcel of land and marsh called the Pitensarie. [1892Kirk Ibid. Introd. 36, 32s. 11d. was laid out ‘about the gates and bridges in the Pittancery’, that is, in lands belonging to the office.] |