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corsepresent

corsepresent noun: an offering made to the church at the interment of a dead body.

Noun

corsepresent (plural corsepresents)

  1. (UK, historical) An offering made to the church at the interment of a dead body.
    • 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 donation1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC

Forms of corsepresent

pluralcorsepresents
alternative formcorse-present

Origin of corsepresent

From corse + present.

Questions about corsepresent

What does corsepresent mean?
Corsepresent means an offering made to the church at the interment of a dead body.
What part of speech is corsepresent?
Corsepresent is a noun.
What is the plural of corsepresent?
The plural of corsepresent is corsepresents.

Words near corsepresent in the dictionary

  1. corseletted
  2. corselettes
  3. Corsello
  4. Corsellos
  5. Corsenside
  6. corsepresent
  7. corsepresents
  8. corseque
  9. corseques
  10. Corser
  11. corses

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