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† ˈsenage Obs.
Also 4 synage, 6 senagy.
[a. OF. senage (f. sene synod: see sene and -age) or its med.L. form senagium (1292 in Durh. Acc. Rolls, Surtees Soc., p. 490).]
Money paid for synodals, a tribute due to the bishop or archdeacon (or bursar) at Easter.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 249 And whanne bischopis & here officeris comen & feynen to visite,..wrecchid curatis ben nedid to festen him richely & ȝeue procuracie & synage. Ibid. 456 Þis is a foul offiss of a prest to robbe his puple to ȝyue to bischop or erchedekene godis þat god biddiþ not, as senage & procurasies. 1546Yorks. Chantry Surv. (Surtees) 30 Paiable yerely to the archebysshope of Yorke for proxies and senagies. 1684Cowel's Interpr. (ed. Manley), Senege, There goes out ȝearly in Proxege and Senege 33s. 6d. |