"That's a great deal to make one word mean," Alice said in a thoughtful tone. "When I make a word do a lot of work like that," said Humpty Dumpty, "I always pay it extra."

Tuesday, 16 February 2010

Corrody

A corrody is an allowance of food and clothing from an abbey, monastery, or other religious house. Previosuly it was a form of medieval pension in which a wealthy patron would pay for a post in a religious house on behalf of a retired servant. The retired person would be given his accomodation, food, clothing and a small spending allowance.
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  1. martine16 February 2010 at 16:37

    Hi
    I found this place:
    http://walkinthewords.blogspot.com/
    and was amused and I thought of you.
    much love martine

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  2. Scriptor Senex16 February 2010 at 17:21

    Thanks Martine - I loved monkey-fighting snakes...

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