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annates

noun

Meaning

  1. The first year's profits of a Catholic benefice, as traditionally paid directly to the Pope.
  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.

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