"sin eater" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 35:",
          "text": "A Loafe of bread was brought out, and delivered to the Sinne-eater over the corps.",
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        "A person (usually a man) who is supposed to take sins of a deceased person upon himself by eating a piece of bread laid on the breast of the corpse."
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        "(historical) A person (usually a man) who is supposed to take sins of a deceased person upon himself by eating a piece of bread laid on the breast of the corpse."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "sin-eating"
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          "word": "sin eating"
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          "word": "sin-eater"
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        "sin eater"
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  "word": "sin eater"
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "sin-eating"
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    {
      "word": "sin eating"
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        "(historical) A person (usually a man) who is supposed to take sins of a deceased person upon himself by eating a piece of bread laid on the breast of the corpse."
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      "word": "sin-eater"
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  "word": "sin eater"
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