Bible Encyclopedias
Clerk-Ales
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
is a name for a feast in which, when the clerk's wages were small, the richer parishioners sent in provisions for a banquet.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Clerk-Ales'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/clerk-ales.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.