annates

• POS: Noun Plural
• HYPHEN: an=nates

CIDE DICTIONARY

annates, n. pl. [See Ann.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

annates, n.pl. RC Ch. the first year's revenue of a see or benefice, paid to the Pope.

Etymology

F annate f. med.L annata year's proceeds f. annus year