Corsepresent
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An offering made to the church at the interment of a dead body. UK, historical
"It was anciently usual to bring the mortuary to church along with the corpse when it came to be buried ; and thence it is sometimes called a corsepresent: a term which bespeaks it to have been once a voluntary donation"
Example
More examples"It was anciently usual to bring the mortuary to church along with the corpse when it came to be buried ; and thence it is sometimes called a corsepresent: a term which bespeaks it to have been once a voluntary donation"
Etymology
From corse + present.
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