Mense

A mense (from the Latin "mensa") (English: meal, table) is the name of the ecclesiastical income in the Catholic Church.
Background.
The mense is usually a land tax whose income is used for the maintenance of its holder (i.e. bishop, abbot, canons, pastor, etc.). In the abbeys , the abbey mense is divided into three lots, one for the commendatory abbot, one for the religious community and another devoted to the payment of charges.