Annate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Annate is a noun meaning The first year's profits of a Catholic benefice, as traditionally paid directly to the Pope.
Meaning
The first year's profits of a Catholic benefice, as traditionally paid directly to the Pope.
More Meanings
- (Scots law) 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.
Example Sentences
When he brings into the Commons a bill to suspend the payment of annates to Rome, he suggests a division of the House.
Word Forms
- annates
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include benefice, appropriator, donative, impropriation, reservation, title.
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