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Meaning of PRIMITIA

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pri*mi"ti*a\, n.; pl. {Primiti[ae]}({Primitias},
obs.). [L. primitiae, pl., fr. primus first. Cf. {Premices}.]
(Eng. Law)
The first fruit; the first year's whole profit of an
ecclesiastical preferment.
      The primitias of your parsonage.         --Spenser.
 
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