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Quotation dates: 1713-1725
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†ELEMENT MONEY, n. comb. Money paid for the bread and wine used in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper.Abd. 1713 Fintray Court Bk. (S.C. Misc. 1935) I. 23:
John Jack in Blair hath paid £14. 10. 0 of cess and element money.Mry. 1725 in L. Shaw Hist. Prov. Moray (ed. Gordon 1882) II. 275:
The sacrament not being administrat for the years 1722–25, Sir Archibald has retained the element money.
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