单词 | abbey counter |
释义 | > as lemmasabbey counter abbey counter n. historical (now rare) a medal presented to a pilgrim on visiting a shrine; cf. pilgrim's sign n. at pilgrim n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > pilgrim's garb > items of attire > [noun] > token > medal abbey counter1823 1823 T. Bond Topogr. & Hist. Sketches E. & W. Looe 95 Several pieces of brass coin found among old ruins at Looe, which I understand..are called AbbeyCounters. 1866–7 G. Stephens Old-Northern Runic Monuments I. ii. 535 There was also a class of Jettons commonly called Abbey-counters, with similar or cognate instructive stamps. 1904 G. L. Gomme Topogr. Hist. London I. 333 Among the objects of antiquarian interest disinterred were..several abbey counters. < as lemmas |
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