Hyper Dictionary

English Dictionary Computer Dictionary Thesaurus Dream Dictionary Medical Dictionary


Search Dictionary:  

Meaning of MONTEM

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mon"tem\, n. [L. ad montem to the hillock. See {Mount},
n.]
A custom, formerly practiced by the scholars at Eton school,
England, of going 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.
 
 Websites: 
 

 

COPYRIGHT © 2000-2003 WEBNOX CORP. HOME | ABOUT HYPERDICTIONARY