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regium donum

regium donum noun: an annual grant of public money to Presbyterian and other nonconformist ministers in England, Scotland, and especially Ireland, where it only ceased in 1871.

Noun

regium donum

  1. (historical) An annual grant of public money to Presbyterian and other nonconformist ministers in England, Scotland, and especially Ireland, where it only ceased in 1871.

Origin of regium donum

From Latin [Term?].

Questions about regium donum

What does regium donum mean?
Regium donum means an annual grant of public money to Presbyterian and other nonconformist ministers in England, Scotland, and especially Ireland, where it only ceased in 1871.
What part of speech is regium donum?
Regium donum is a noun.

Words near regium donum in the dictionary

  1. registring
  2. registrogenesis
  3. registry
  4. registry office
  5. registry offices
  6. regium donum
  7. regius
  8. regius professor
  9. regius professors
  10. regive
  11. regiven

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