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Bible Encyclopedias
Clerk-Ales

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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is a name for a feast in which, when the clerk's wages were small, the richer parishioners sent in provisions for a banquet.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Clerk-Ales'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​c/clerk-ales.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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