regium donum

noun

An annual grant of public money to Presbyterian and other nonconformist ministers in England, Scotland, and especially Ireland, where it only ceased in 1871.

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Meanings

noun
  1. historicalAn annual grant of public money to Presbyterian and other nonconformist ministers in England, Scotland, and especially Ireland, where it only ceased in 1871.

Origin

  1. Latin[Term?]
  2. Englishregium donum

From Latin [Term?].

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