Peter's Pence

Peter's Pence is the practice of lay members of the Roman Catholic Church providing material support to the clergy and other preachers of the Gospel. This allows the recipients to focus their time and energy on their ministry.

The practice originated at the eighth century C.E. when Anglo-Saxons decided to send a regular annual sum to the Pope in Rome. This custom of donation, called the Denarius Sancti Petri, or "Alms of Saint Peter," then spread throughout Europe.

At present this collection is taken each year on the Sunday closest to June 29, the Solemnity of both Saint Peter and Saint Paul.

References

Peter's Pence on The Vatican City Homepage (September 12, 2003): http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/obolo_spietro/documents/index_en.htm

External link

Vatican City Homepage

Modern Usage: Peter's Pence

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Peter's Pence (1938)
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Commercial Usage: Peter's Pence

Domain	Title
Books	Peter's pence; a novel (reference) (more book examples)
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Modern Translations: Peter's Pence

Language		Translations for "Peter's pence"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		péter-fillér (peter penny, peter's penny). (various references)

Manx		pingyn Pheddyr. (various references)

Pig Latin		eter'spay encepay

Spanish		dinero de san pedro. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Peter's Pence

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
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	-3 letters: presentee, pretences.
	-4 letters: percents, percepts, perpents, precents, precepts, prepense, presence, preteens, pretence, pretense, terpenes.
	-5 letters: centers, centres, entrees, pectens, peepers, penster, percent, percept, perpent, precent, precept, present, preteen, recepts, repents, respect, retenes, scepter, sceptre, secrete, serpent, specter, spectre, spencer, steepen, steeper, stepper, teeners, teepees, tenrecs, terpene.
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