annates

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İngilizce - İngilizce
{n} first-fruits, masses for a year
A sum, equal to a years revenue from a benefice, payable to the king (and, with John XXII, to the Pope) who appointed the benefice holder
(2 syl ) One entire year's income claimed by the Pope on the appointment of a bishop or other ecclesiastic in the Catholic Church This is called the first fruits (Latin, annus, a year) By the Statute of Recusants (25 Hen VIII c 20, and the Confirming Act), the right to English Annates and Tenths was transferred to the Crown; but, in the reign of Queen Anne, annates were given up to form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings (See Bounty, Queen Anne's )
In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings
{i} tithe of income given to the Pope
The first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits