benefice
noun
a position or post granted to an ecclesiastic that guarantees a fixed amount of property or income.
have beneficed
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present perfectof benefice.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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On the contrary, some of them helped him so heartily that, if they had not been tied by the court, he would have loved to have beneficed them in the diocese.
From Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England by Marson, Charles L. (Charles Latimer)
