relevagium

relevagium [OF relevage] 1 churching (of woman after childbirth, in quot. pl., cf. OF relevailles). c1346 ad faciendam unam robam de velvett ynde pro dicta regina, videlicet pro vigilia ~iorum suorum (KR Ac 391/15) Arch. XXXI 50; c1348 pro ~iis domine regine de filio suo Willelmo Ib. XXXI 56. 2 payment by feudal heir to lord on taking possession of vacant estate, relief. c1145 pro ~io suo dedit ei centum solidos Eng. Feudalism 281; 1282 cogerunt parentes Ennii a Strabonis ad reddendum ~ium in vita sua Peckham Ep. 348.