annates
(ˈæneɪts, -əts)
Also 6 annatys, 6–8 annats.
[a. Fr. annate (15th c.), ad. med. and late L. annāta a year's space, work, proceeds, the same word which in its primary sense became in Fr. année. See -ata.]
The first-fruits, or entire revenue of one year, paid to the Pope by bishops and other ecclesiastics of the R.C. Church on their appointment to a see or benefice.
At the Reformation the right to the annates of English benefices was transferred to the Crown; in the reign of Anne they were given up to form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings, known as Queen Anne's Bounty.
| 1534 Act 25 Hen. VIII, xx, It is ordained..that the paiments of the Annates or first fruits..[shall] vtterly cease. 1538 Starkey England i. iv. §63 No just cause wy thes annatys schold be payd to Rome. 1621 Howell Lett. (1650) I. 55 These cardinals..have the annats of benefices to support their greatness. 1756 Nugent Grand Tour IV. 11 The pope afterwards grants his bulls of consecration, and receives the annates or first fruits. 1856 Froude Hist. Eng. I. 334 The payment of annates..had originated in the time of the crusades, as a means of providing a fund for the holy wars. |
2. Sc. Law. A half-year's salary, which, in addition to the ordinary stipend from his incumbency, is legally due to the executors of a deceased minister.
| 1571 Act Jas. VI (1814) 63 (Jam.) The annet thareaftir to pertene to thame, and thair executouris. 1708 Chamberlayne St. Gt. Brit. ii. ii. iii. (1743) 354 The widow, children, and nearest kin to the Defunct [minister] have a right by act of parliament to an annate, i.e. half a year's stipend over and above what is due for his Incumbency. |