Altarage is a term once commonly used in the Roman Catholic Church. From the low Latin altaragium — which signified the revenue reserved for the chaplain (altarist or altar-thane) in contradistinction to the income of the parish priest — it came to signify the fees received by a priest from the laity when discharging any function for them, e.g... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altarage
• (n.) The profit which accrues to the priest, by reason of the altar, from the small tithes. • (n.) The offerings made upon the altar, or to a church. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/altarage/
Al'tar·age noun [ Confer Old French auterage , autelage .] 1. The offerings made upon the altar, or to a church. 2. The profit which accrues to the priest, by reason of the altar, from the small tithes. Shipley. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/63