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corsepresents

corsepresents is the plural of corsepresent.

Meaning of corsepresent

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

Questions about corsepresents

What is corsepresents the plural of?
Corsepresents is the plural of corsepresent.

Words near corsepresents in the dictionary

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

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