church-ale

English

Noun

church-ale (countable and uncountable, plural church-ales)

  1. A church or parish festival (as in commemoration of the dedication of a church), at which much ale was drunk.
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  2. The strong ale brewed for this purpose.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for church-ale in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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