English Explanatory Dictionary

sin eater

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person (usually a man) who is supposed to take sins of a deceased person upon himself by eating a piece of bread or other food laid on or passed across the breast of the corpse.

Word forms

sin eater sin eaters sin-eater

Related words

sin-eating sin eating
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