benefice
noun
a position or post granted to an ecclesiastic that guarantees a fixed amount of property or income.
benefices
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present tense formof benefice (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Some tycoons have crafted named benefices: the Broad and David Geffen foundations, for example.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2025
Nearly 2,600 are benefices controlled by Anglican laymen as private patrons.
From Time Magazine Archive
By signing the Act of Separation, 474 clergymen and professors surrendered the benefices they held under the Establishment.
From Time Magazine Archive
Through the appointment of bishops, deans and through the patronage of many benefices, it would be possible for the State to control the Church for its own purposes..
From Time Magazine Archive
Conflicts without number rage over the possession of benefices, plurality of which is coveted by an execrable ambition.
From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Frederic Austin Ogg
