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A man who for trifling payment was believed to take upon himself, by means of food and drink, the sins of a deceased person… Usually each village had its official sin-eater to whom notice was given as soon as death occurred.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1910. From All There Is to Know by Alexander Coleman, 1994.

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    [edit]Sin-eater in popular culture An episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, aired February 23, 1972, was entitled “The...

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