alms-fee
alms-fee · alms-fees
An annual tax of one penny on every hearth, collected in England and Ireland and sent…An annual tax of one penny on every hearth, collected in England and Ireland and sent to Rome, from the beginning of the tenth century until it was abolished by Henry VIII.
Значення
значень: 1(історичне)An annual tax of one penny on every hearth, collected in England and Ireland and sent to Rome, from the beginning of the tenth century until it was abolished by Henry VIII.
Походження
From Old English ælmesfeoh, from ælmesse (“alms”) + feoh (“money”). See fee.From Old English ælmesfeoh, from ælmesse (“alms”) + feoh (“money”). See fee.
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