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church-ale
† church-ale Obs. [f. church + ale3.] A periodical festive gathering held in connexion with a church.1419 in Glasscock Rec. St. Michael's Bp. Stortford (1882) 27 Item of a chirch ale which was made to the use of the tabernacle vjs. viijd. 1571 Canon Eliz. in Canons Eccl. (1603) §88 The church-warden...
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Parish ale
The chief purpose of the church-ale (which was originally instituted to honour the church saint) and the clerk-ale, was to facilitate the collection of A short piece printed in the Manchester Times in 1870 quoted from Jefferson's Book about the Clergy:
Of the Church-ale, often called the Whitsun-ale, from
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kirk-ale
† kirk-ale Obs. In 5 kirkehale, 6 kirkall. = church-ale. (But in quot. 1470 (if not simply an error) app. used as = churching 1: cf. quots. 1568 s.v. church v. 1 b, 1297 s.v. church-gang.)c 1470 Harding Chron. cxxii. iii, To light His Candill then,..at his kirkehale and puryficacion. c 1570 Durham D...
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