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.
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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.