annates

British  

/ -əts, ˈæneɪts /

plural noun

1. RC Church the first year's revenue of a see, an abbacy, or a minor benefice, paid to the pope

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Etymology

Origin of annates

C16: plural of French annate, from Medieval Latin annāta, from Latin annus year

Example Sentences

Not very long after, the Parliament abolished appeals to the see of Rome, dispensations, licences, bulls of institution for bishoprics and archbishoprics, the payment of Peter's-pence, and the annates.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

It suppressed the annates and most of the means by which the popes disposed of the inferior benefices: the reservations and the gratiae expectativae.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." by Various

Elated by their triumph, the Basilian fathers commenced in earnest the task of Church reform, and passed several decrees of a character vexatious to the Pope, particularly one for the total abolition of annates.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter

The Pope would recover his annates, his Peter's pence, and his indulgence market.

From English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 by Froude, James Anthony

He had no personal dislike to probate dues or annates; he did not pay them, but the threat of their abolition might compel the Pope to grant his divorce.

From Henry VIII. by Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick)