An'nats, n. pl.
[See ANN, ANNAT.] (Eng. Eccl. Law.) The first year's whole profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope, but in the reign of Henry VIII. transferred to the crown; first fruits. Burrill.
[See ANN, ANNAT.] (Eng. Eccl. Law.) The first year's whole profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope, but in the reign of Henry VIII. transferred to the crown; first fruits. Burrill.