Annates (/ˈæneɪts/ or /ˈænəts/;[1] Latin: annatae, from annus, "year")[2] were a payment from the recipient of an ecclesiastical benefice to the collating authorities. Eventually, they consisted of half or the whole of the first year's profits of a benefice; after the appropriation of the right of collation by the Roman see, they were paid to the papal treasury, ostensibly as a proffered contribution to the church.[3] They were also known as the "first fruits" (primitiae), a religious offering which dates back to earlier Greek, Roman, and Hebrew religions.
- ^ "annates". Oxford English Dictionary second edition. Oxford University Press. 1989. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ Chisholm 1911, pp. 64–65.
- ^ Baynes 1878, pp. 61–62.