Altarage

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Altarage \Al"tar*age\, n. [Cf. OF. auterage, autelage.]
     1. The offerings made upon the altar, or to a church.
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     2. The profit which accrues to the priest, by reason of the
        altar, from the small tithes. --Shipley.


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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  ALTARAGE, eccl. law. Offerings made on the altar; all profits which accrue
  to the priest by means of the altar. Ayl. Par. 61; 2 Cro. 516.