Annate

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The first year's profits of a Catholic benefice, as traditionally paid directly to the Pope.

    "When he brings into the Commons a bill to suspend the payment of annates to Rome, he suggests a division of the House."

  2. 2
    The half-year's stipend payable for the vacant half-year after the death of a parish minister, to which his family or nearest of kin have right under an act of 1672.

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"When he brings into the Commons a bill to suspend the payment of annates to Rome, he suggests a division of the House."

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