Meaning of soulscot | Babel Free

Definitions

A funeral payment, formerly made at the grave, usually to the parish priest in whose church service for the departed had been said; a mortuary.

countable, historical, uncountable

Examples

“O, by my soulscot, I do love to tell My stories with the haste I often count, At drowsy night, my Paternoster belt.”

“He will pay his brotherhood yearly, and soulscot on the death of a brother or sister, except for reason of poverty; […]”

“The vagaries of the records bar any firm calculation of membership figures – especially as receipts include money for 'soulscot', presumably made on behalf of the dead.”

“[…] churchscot, a render paid annually in grain; lightscot, candles or oil for lighting church lamps; plough-alms, assessed at a penny per plough; and soulscot, a payment in return for burial in a church graveyard.”

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