peter's pence in English

noun

1

an annual tax of one penny from every English householder having land of a certain value, paid to the papal see at Rome from Anglo-Saxon times until it was discontinued in 1534 after Henry VIII's break with Rome.

William the Conqueror refused homage to the Pope but promised that Peter's Pence should be paid.

2

a voluntary payment by Roman Catholics to the papal treasury, made since 1860.

The monsignor said that in 2006 Peter's Pence aided "victims of war and natural disasters, displaced persons and migrants, as well as to nascent dioceses, Catholic educational centers, scholarships, orphans of genocide, war, or of AIDS in Africa.

Use "peters pence" in a sentence

1. He gave me nine pence —three pence for a textbook and six pence for a slate.

2. Jaguar shares climbed 43 pence to 510 pence.

3. Peter's an expert in his field .

4. Oh, so you're Peter's younger brother.

5. Peter's blood boiled at her betrayal.

6. A queue forms outside Peter's study.

7. Peter's eyes would light up.

8. 22 Peter's an expert in his field .

9. Electricity is ten pence per unit.

10. Potatoes are 20 pence a pound.

11. 3 I had only 20 pence.

12. Trump and Pence 'departed Amicably' and 'they've spoken since' leaving office, former Pence chief of staff says

13. 9 Potatoes are 20 pence a pound.

14. 7 These cost ten pence a pound.

15. Pence Accedes to Plexiglass at Debate

16. These cost ten pence a pound.

17. Chauhan learns many shocking truths of Peter's area.

18. St. Peter's Baldachin (Baldacchino) By Gian Lorenzo Bernini

19. 4 The bus fare is 80 pence.

20. 13 Electricity is ten pence per unit.

21. 4 Oh, so you're Peter's younger brother.

22. Pence and Trump's relationship is 'Amicable,' source says

23. 23 Have you got a ten pence piece?

24. 11 The fruit costs 30 pence per kilo.

25. It's not worth haggling over a few pence.