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Meaning of "altarage" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ALTARAGE

altarage  [ˈɔːltərɪdʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALTARAGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Altarage is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ALTARAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Altarage

Altarage is a term once commonly used in the Roman Catholic Church. From the low Latin altaragium — which signified the revenue reserved for the chaplain in contradistinction to the income of the parish priest — it came to signify the fees received by a priest from the laity when discharging any function for them, e.g., at marriages, baptisms, and funerals. It is also known as an honorarium, stipend, or stole-fee. It may also refer to the offering made upon an altar or the endowments for Masses for the deceased.

Definition of altarage in the English dictionary

The definition of altarage in the dictionary is the donations made at an altar.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ALTARAGE


acreage
ˈeɪkərɪdʒ
amperage
ˈæmpərɪdʒ
anchorage
ˈæŋkərɪdʒ
average
ˈævərɪdʒ
beverage
ˈbɛvərɪdʒ
brokerage
ˈbrəʊkərɪdʒ
coverage
ˈkʌvərɪdʒ
factorage
ˈfæktərɪdʒ
fosterage
ˈfɒstərɪdʒ
hemorrhage
ˈhemərɪdʒ
hucksterage
ˈhʌkstərɪdʒ
leverage
ˈliːvərɪdʒ
lighterage
ˈlaɪtərɪdʒ
porterage
ˈpɔːtərɪdʒ
proctorage
ˈprɒktərɪdʒ
quarterage
ˈkwɔːtərɪdʒ
sewerage
ˈsuːərɪdʒ
tutorage
ˈtjuːtərɪdʒ
waiterage
ˈweɪtərɪdʒ
waterage
ˈwɔːtərɪdʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALTARAGE

altaltissimo
Altamira
altar
altar boy
altar cloth
altar rail
altar stone
altar table
altarpiece
altarwise
altazimuth
altazimuth mounting
Altdorf
Altdorfer
Alte Pinakothek
alter
alter ego
alterability
alterable
alterably

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALTARAGE

arrearage
cellarage
clearage
courage
disparage
double garage
encourage
entourage
Farage
garage
mirage
oarage
on average
outrage
parage
parking garage
rage
storage
UK garage
underage

Synonyms and antonyms of altarage in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «altarage» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ALTARAGE

Find out the translation of altarage to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of altarage from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «altarage» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

altarage
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

altarage
570 millions of speakers

English

altarage
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

altarage
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

altarage
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

altarage
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

altarage
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

altarage
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

altarage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Altarage
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

altarage
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

altarage
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

altarage
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Altarage
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

altarage
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பலிப்பீடப் படையலில் இருந்து புரோகிதருக்கு அன்பளிப்பாக மனமுவந்து கொடுக்கப்படும் ஊதியம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वेदी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

altarage
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

altarage
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

altarage
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

altarage
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

altarage
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

altarage
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

altarage
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

altarage
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

altarage
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of altarage

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALTARAGE»

The term «altarage» is used very little and occupies the 190.605 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALTARAGE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about altarage

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALTARAGE»

Discover the use of altarage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to altarage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A History of Vicarages in the Middle Ages
The word “altarage” can be given no very hard and fast meaning, although possibly local usages were sometimes quite fixed. In the documents of Hugh de Welles and his contemporaries, there are many examples of “the altarage consisting of ...
R. A. R. Hartridge, 2013
2
Hertfordshire in History: Papers Presented to Lionel Munby
The vicar had the lesser tithes, the altarage, mortuary dues, etc., and had to be provided with a suitable place in which to live. R.A.R. Hartridge has pointed out that the word "altarage" can be given no hard and last meaning.38 The records of  ...
Doris Jones-Baker, 2004
3
Year books of the reign of King Edward the First ...
He owes his debt for the altarage of the church of C., whereof we do not understand that this Court can take cognizance, &c. — Berrewik. Answer over. — Lanfar. What have you to show for the debt? — Kyns/esham produced a writing which ...
Great Britain, Alfred John Horwood, 1863
4
An Address to the Patriots of England, on the illegality ... ...
Altarage. , By the word Altarage the tythes of wool, lambs, &c. are come prehended, and if the vicar hath enjoyed such things ... for Altarage is neither more or less than the priest or his clerk saying mass for the souls of deceased personsfland ...
Peter WATSON (Cordwainer.), 1827
5
A Collection of Decrees by the Court of Exchequer in ...
... by such endowment, among other things cattle fed on as- reserving all manner of jurisdiction to the said prebendary and ter grafs, parti- portions of altarage, the following particulars reserved to the cularty of post- prebendary of Bie^lefivade, ...
Hutton Wood, 1799
6
The new statistical account of Scotland
In all charters granted by the ministers of Inchinnan in virtue of the superiority referred to, they have uniformly styled themselves undoubted chaplains of the altarage and altar commonly called our Lady's Altar of old, founded and situated in the ...
7
A law dictionary for the use of students and the legal ...
ALTARAGE. 21. Allegiance. — (_ Continued.) Naturalization Act, 1870; but according to the laws of most continental countries, the parentage of the parties determines their primary allegiance. However, by a series of statutes special provision ...
Archibald Brown
8
The Life of Robert Grosseteste Bishop of Lincoln: with an ...
ternho was rated at twelve marks, and the vicar's portion was five ; he had here almost an half of the value of the living, and his five marks arose from the altarage , an invariable sum of ten-pence from the estate of one Gower, the priest's house,  ...
Samuel Pegge, 1793
9
An encyclopædia ecclesiastica; or, A complete history of the ...
ALTAR-THANE, ALTARIST, or CHURCH-THANE, is an appellation given in our old law-books to the priest or parson of the parish, to whom the altarage, or profits of the altar belonged. ALTARAGE, a legal term for altars erected before the ...
Thomas Anthony Trollope, 1834
10
The life of Robert Grosseteste, the celebrated Bishop of Lincoln
itrnho was rated at twelve marks, and the vicar's portion was fire ; he had here almost an half of the value of the living, and his five marks arose from the altarage , an invariable sum of ten-pence from the estate of one Gower, the priest's house,  ...
Samuel Pegge, 1793

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