An old monetary allowance or pension, particularly in Scottish ecclesiastical contexts.
From Medieval Latin 'annatae' combined with Scottish dialect elements; evolved from church revenue systems in medieval Scotland where clergy received annual stipends.
This word captures how Scotland's unique church history created its own financial vocabulary—similar terms were used across Catholic Europe but Scotland's Reformation gave these terms special local flavors.
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