Church-ale
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Church-ale is a noun meaning The strong ale brewed for this purpose.
Meaning
The strong ale brewed for this purpose.
More Meanings
- (historical) A church or parish festival (as in commemoration of the dedication of a church), at which much ale was drunk.
Example Sentences
If many be at an Alehouse , a Christmaſſe dinner, or Churchale, and ( without any intention of an Affray) they ſodainly fall together by the eares[…]
Word Forms
- church-ales
- churchale
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include festilogy, ecclesia, adelphopoiesis, alicant, commercium, bacchanal.
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