annates

Noun

annate (plural annates)

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.2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 342
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.