church rate

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [church reyt]
- /tʃɜrtʃ reɪt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [church reyt]
- /tʃɜrtʃ reɪt/

Definition of church rate words

noun church rate (formerly in England and Ireland) a compulsory assessment imposed on the parishioners' holdings of houses or land in order to repair the parish church and maintain its services. 1

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Origin of church rate

First appearance:

before 1705

One of the 50% oldest English words

First recorded in 1705-15

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Parts of speech for Church rate

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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church rate popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 59% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

church rate usage trend in Literature

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