"rent" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Funds were raised through pew rents and additional donations from the wealthier members.
- In 1898, the pew rents amounted to £797 out of a total income of £1700.
- There was room for a congregation of 700; pew rent was charged on 300 of these seats at first.
- Also, no pew rents were charged for the open bench pews.
- The revenue in question is declared to be made up of the pew rents, the collections during Divine service and the funeral stipends.
- He then moved to banish the practice of pew rents and committed to accept his salary on a faith basis.
- The legal status of pew rents was, in many cases, very questionable.
- It was determined that the church should be a "free" church - there were to be no pew rents, ever.
- The movement looked to provide church services to people who could not afford high pew rents.
- The church was founded by socially concerned clergy and lay people for those excluded from worship through the system of pew rents.
Click on the heading to expand the collocation groups, collocations and sample sentences.