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MONTEM
Noun
montem (plural montems)
(UK, historical) A former custom of Eton schoolboys to go to a hill on the Bath road every third Whit Tuesday to demand 'salt-money' from passers-by, for the university expenses of the senior scholar or school captain.
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Mon"tem, n. Etym: [L. ad montem to the hillock. See Mount, n.]
Definition: A custom, formerly practiced by the scholars at Eton school, England, of giing every third year, on Whittuesday, to a hillock near the Bath road, and exacting money from all passers-by, to support at the university the senior scholar of the school.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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