Annates (Latin annatae) were the whole of the first year`s profits of a benefice which were generally given to the papal treasury. They were also known as the `First Fruits`` (Latin primitiae), a concept which dates back to earlier Greek, Roman, and Hebrew religions. ==History== This custom was only of gradual growth. The jus deportuum, annali...
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• (n. pl.) The first year`s profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings.
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a tax on the first year`s income (first fruits) from an ecclesiastical benefice given by a new incumbent either to the bishop or to the pope. The ... [1 related articles]
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Annates were a year's income claimed for many centuries by the pope on the death of any bishop, abbot, or parish priest, to be paid by his successor. In England they were at first paid to the Archbishop of Canterbury, but were afterwards appropriated by the popes. In 1532 the Parliament gave them to the crown; but Queen Anne restored them to the ch...
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