MONTEMS

Noun

montems

plural of montem

Anagrams

• moments

Source: Wiktionary


MONTEM

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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