corsepresent

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An offering made to the church at the interment of a dead body. UK,historical
    — 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 donation

词形变化

corsepresents plural corse-present alternative

词源

From corse + present.
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