ALTARAGE.—From the low Latin altaragium, which signified the revenue reserved for the chaplain (altarist or altar-thane) in contradistinction to the income of the parish priest (Du Cange, Glossarium),. At present it signifies the fees received by a priest from the laity when discharging any function for them, e. g. at marriages, baptisms, funerals. It is also termed honorarium, stipend, stole-fee.
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