'Montem' definitions:

Definition of 'Montem'

From: GCIDE
  • Montem \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. [1913 Webster]