sin-eater

See also: sin eater

English

Noun

sin-eater (plural sin-eaters)

1. A person (usually a man) who is supposed to take sins of a deceased person upon himself by means of eating a piece of bread, laid for him on the breast of the dead one.

Related terms

• sin-eating

Anagrams

• Teresian, Teresina, arenites, arsenite, resinate, stearine, trainees