英语词汇“whitsun-farthing”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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Whitsun-farthing

Whitsun-farthing n. now historical an offering made at Whitsuntide by a parishioner to a priest (cf. pentecostal n. 1).

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society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > collection > during Whitsun

smoke-farthing1444

pentecostal1549

Chad-farthingc1588

Whitsun-farthing1656

Pentecost money1664

1656 in W. Urwick Nonconformity in Worcester (1897) 56 Oblations commonly called by the name of Whitson Farthings payable to the Dean and Chapter of W[orcester].

1797 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 852/1 Whitsun-Farthings, otherwise called Smoke-farthings.., a composition for offerings..anciently made in Whitsun-week by every man in England, who occupied a house with a chimney, to the cathedral church of the diocese.

1905 F. Bond Gothic Archit. in Eng. (1906) ii. xii. 207 At Southwell the Pentecostals, or ‘Whitsun-farthings’, were paid in the north porch.

extracted from Whitsunn.

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单词	whitsun-farthing
释义	> as lemmas Whitsun-farthing Whitsun-farthing n. now historical an offering made at Whitsuntide by a parishioner to a priest (cf. pentecostal n. 1). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > collection > during Whitsun smoke-farthing1444 pentecostal1549 Chad-farthingc1588 Whitsun-farthing1656 Pentecost money1664 1656 in W. Urwick Nonconformity in Worcester (1897) 56 Oblations commonly called by the name of Whitson Farthings payable to the Dean and Chapter of W[orcester]. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 852/1 Whitsun-Farthings, otherwise called Smoke-farthings.., a composition for offerings..anciently made in Whitsun-week by every man in England, who occupied a house with a chimney, to the cathedral church of the diocese. 1905 F. Bond Gothic Archit. in Eng. (1906) ii. xii. 207 At Southwell the Pentecostals, or ‘Whitsun-farthings’, were paid in the north porch. extracted from Whitsunn. < as lemmas
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