annate

English

Etymology

See ann.

Noun

annate (plural annates)

1. The first year's profits of a Catholic benefice, as traditionally paid directly to the Pope.
   • 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 342:

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

2. (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.

Translations

Catholic benefice

• Polish: annaty f pl

Scots law

Estonian

Verb

annate

1. second-person plural present indicative of andma

Italian

Noun

annate f

1. plural of annata

Latin

Verb

annāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of annō