peter's pence

1. 1.

   an annual contribution made by Roman Catholics to support the papal see

   Synonymshearth money

   Broaderoffering

Questions about peter's pence

What does peter's pence mean?

peter's pence means "an annual contribution made by Roman Catholics to support the papal see".

What is another word for peter's pence?

Close synonyms include hearth money. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is peter's pence a common word?

peter's pence is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.