English Dictionary

soulscot

noun

(ecclesiastical law, historical) A funeral payment, formerly made at the grave, usually to the parish priest in whose church service for the departed had been said; a mortuary.

The soulscot is a fee paid to the church for the benefit of the deceased's soul.

意味（1）

(ecclesiastical law, historical) A funeral payment, formerly made at the grave, usually to the parish priest in whose church service for the departed had been said; a mortuary.

O, by my soulscot, I do love to tell My stories with the haste I often count, At drowsy night, my Paternoster belt.