soulscot

Meaning

Noun

  • A funeral payment, formerly made at the grave, usually to the parish priest in whose church service for the departed had been said; a mortuary.

Origin

  • From Middle English saulesoth, *soulescot, from sāwolsċeatt, equivalent to soul + scot.

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