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Webster 1913 Edition


Corsepresent

Corse′presˊent

(k?rs′pr?zˊent or k?rs′-)
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Noun.
(Engl.Law)
An offering made to the church at the interment of a dead body.
Blackstone.

Definition 2024


corsepresent

corsepresent

English

Noun

corsepresent (plural corsepresents)

  1. (Britain, law, historical) An offering made to the church at the interment of a dead body.
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