annate
English
Etymology
See ann.
Noun
annate (plural annates)
- The first year's profits of a Catholic benefice, as traditionally paid directly to the Pope.
- 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 342:
- When he brings into the Commons a bill to suspend the payment of annates to Rome, he suggests a division of the House.
- 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 342:
- (Scotland, 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.
Italian
Noun
annate f
- plural of annata
Latin
Verb
annāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of annō