Altarage

From the low Latin altaragium, which signified the revenue
reserved for the chaplain (altarist or altar-thane) in
contradistinction to the income of the parish priest. At present
it signifies the fees received by a priest from the laity when
discharging any function for them, e.g. at marriages, baptisms,
funerals. It is also termed honorarium, stipend, stole-fee.

A.J. SCHULTE
Transcribed by Michael C. Tinkler

From the Catholic Encyclopedia, copyright � 1913 by the
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