The first year’s profits paid to the pope by the holder of a benefice.
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The first year’s profits paid to the pope by the holder of a benefice.
In ecclesiastical law. First-fruits paid out of spiritual benefices to the pope, so called because the value of one year's profit was taken as their rate.