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noun
historicalAn annual tax formerly paid in England, principally before the Reformation, to the papal see at Rome; = Peter's penny .
"†to reckon up a person's Rome-pennies": to tell all his or her faults (obsolete).
Origin
Old English; earliest use found in Laws: Norðhymbra Preosta Lagu. From Rome + penny.
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