annates /anˈāts or -əts/ (historical) plural noun (obsolete sing annat /anˈət/) The first-fruits, or one year's income of a benefice, paid to the Pope (in England from 1535 to the crown, from 1703 to Queen Anne's bounty and extinguished or made redeemable in 1926) ORIGIN: LL annāta, from L annus a year annˈat or ann noun (Scots law; obsolete) From 1672 to 1925 the half-year's stipend payable after a parish minister's death to his widow or next of kin |