altarage

[awl-ter-ij]

noun

Ecclesiastical.
1. offerings made upon an altar of a church.
2. offerings made to a church.
an honorarium paid to a priest for services at the altar from offerings and gifts.
endowments for the saying of Masses for deceased persons, often at a particular altar.

Origin of altarage

1350–1400; Middle English awterage < Anglo-French, Old French auterage. See altar, -age

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Historical Examples of altarage

The Vicar of Rothwell, for the maintenance of himself and a fellow-priest, shall have all the altarage with a competent manse.
Parish Priests and Their People in the Middle Ages in England
Edward L. Cutts