English Explanatory Dictionary

Roman month

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A quantity of tax paid by electorates or other constituent states to the Holy Roman Empire. Abbreviated as RM.

Word forms

Roman month Roman months

Etymology

Translating German Römermonat, so called because the sum was originally paid in lieu of sending troops to accompany the King of the Holy Roman Empire on his journey to Rome to be crowned emperor, a journey calculated to take a certain number of months.

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