Primitiae

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Primitia \Pri*mi"ti*a\, n.; pl. {Primiti[ae]}({Primitias},
     obs.). [L. primitiae, pl., fr. primus first. Cf. {Premices}.]
     (Eng. Law)
     The first fruit; the first year's whole profit of an
     ecclesiastical preferment.
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           The primitias of your parsonage.         --Spenser.
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