中文翻译与英英解释 | (教区内征收的)教堂维持费。
| | | church: n. 1.教堂，礼拜堂；〔C-〕 教会；教派。 2.教徒 ... | | rate: vt.,vi. 〔方言〕＝ret. | |
| The Church Rate was a tax formerly levied in each parish in England and Ireland for the benefit of the parish church. Out of these rates were defrayed the expenses of carrying on divine service, repairing the fabric of the church, and paying the salaries of the officials connected with it. |
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