- Smoke-farthing
- A small payment made at *Whitsun by all households of a diocese, as a sign of obedience to the Church. -Cf. Pentecostals
Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases. Christopher Coredon with Ann Williams.
Smoke-farthing
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