prebend

American  

[preb-uhnd] / ˈprɛb ənd /

noun

1. a stipend allotted from the revenues of a cathedral or a collegiate church to a canon or member of the chapter.

2. the land yielding such a stipend.

3. a prebendary.

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prebend British  

/ ˈprɛbənd, prɪˈbɛndəl /

noun

1. the stipend assigned by a cathedral or collegiate church to a canon or member of the chapter

2. the land, tithe, or other source of such a stipend

3. a less common word for prebendary

4. Church of England the office, formerly with an endowment, of a prebendary

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Other Word Forms

• prebendal
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of prebend

1375–1425; late Middle English prebende < Medieval Latin prēbenda, variant of praebenda prebend, Late Latin: allowance, neuter plural gerundive of Latin prae ( hi ) bēre to offer, furnish, equivalent to prae- pre- + -hibēre, combining form of habēre to have, hold

Example Sentences

Bedfordshire Police has carried out extensive inquiries and searches, including police divers searching the river Great Ouse between Prebend Street and the Slipe Bridge but no trace of her has ever been found.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2022

I did not hear what the Bishop said of the Prebend.

From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III by Greville, Charles

Archbishop Laud gave him the living of Minster, Kent, and a Prebend in the Cathedral of Canterbury.

From Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Rich'd Hooker, George Herbert, &C, Volume 2 by Walton, Izaak

This is the portion of Rates each Chapelry and Prebend shall pay towards the repairs of the Mother Church:—   £ s. d.

From The Annals of Willenhall by Hackwood, Frederick William

"O, that is for My Lord this; or Sir Harry that; or Mr. Prebend so and so; or the Lord Bishop of what not."

From Discussion on American Slavery by Breckinridge, Rev. Robert J.