annate

Etymology

See ann.

noun

  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. 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.