exennium

English

Noun

exennium (plural exennia)

1. (historical) A gift given at the New Year.
   • 2003, Everett U. Crosby, Bishop and Chapter in Twelfth-Century England:

     The bishop also specified the value of the exennium from the manors assigned ad victum monachorum which was to be paid to him, along with the portion of the produce allocated to the priory, each year on St. Andrew's day.