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seeker | 17:41 Sun 18th Nov 2001 | History
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What was a sin eater?
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It was a person who agreed to take on the sins of others who had died. Normally a meal would be placed on the deceased's chest and the sin eater would consume it, thereby taking on the sins of the corpse, allowing it entry to paradise

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