Definition

• Ayliffe, Parergon, 1726 (p. 434), has the following: "Pentecostals, otherwise called Whitsun Farthings, were Oblations made by the Parishioners to the Parish Priest at the Feast of Pentecost." At times they were contributed by in- ferior churches or parishes to the principal mother church.

Quelle

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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