| 单词 | surplice fees | 
| 释义 | > as lemmassurplice fees   surplice fees  n. the dues received by an incumbent for the performance of marriages, burials, and other ministerial offices. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > 			[noun]		 > church dues > for marriages, burials, or christenings book-money1650 surplice fees1725 stole-fees1845 1725    T. Thomas in  MSS. Dk. Portland 		(Hist. MSS. Comm.)	 VI. 129  				The allowance of the Curate here..is twenty marks a year, and the surplice fees. 1768    W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng.  iii. vii. 89  				Whatsoever falls under the denomination of surplice-fees, for marriages or other ministerial offices of the church. 1818    J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism 49  				Surplice fees are unknown in Scotland. < as lemmas  | 
	
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