ALTARAGE, in Law, altars erected in virtue of donations, before the Reformation, within a parochial church, for the purpose of singing of mass for deceased friends.
ALTARAGE likewise signifies the profits arising to the priest on account of the altar.
AL-TAYEFF, a town of Hejaz, a district of Arabia Felix. It is situated about 60 miles east of Mecca, behind Mount Gazwan, where the cold is more intense than in any other part of the district, but the air very wholesome. Its territory abounds in fountains, and produces excellent raisins. The town is surrounded with a wall, but is not very large.