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| defunctus est (Latin) || he died | | defunctus est (Latin) || he died | ||
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| degn || parish clerk, deacon. The clerk technically lived on the estate but did not perform corvee labor. Instead he was supported by the peasants contributing 1/90 of their crop to him in addition to the traditional 1/10 paid in tithing. Essentially this means that 1/ | | degn || parish clerk, deacon. The clerk technically lived on the estate but did not perform corvee labor. Instead he was supported by the peasants contributing 1/90 of their crop to him in addition to the traditional 1/10 paid in tithing. Essentially this means that 1/9 of the peasant's surplus went to the church. | ||
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| degnen || the parish clerk, deacon | | degnen || the parish clerk, deacon | ||