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

He was not a warrior, but a prebend of Beverley.

From A Month in Yorkshire by White, Walter

In the 16th century, Br�ville, with its church and salines, was a prebend for the cathedral of Coutances.

From Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album by Lebert, Marie

Grant in reversion to Accepted Frewen of a prebend in Canterbury Cathedral.”—“C.

From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Bardsley, Charles W.

In 1232, after a severe illness, he resigned all his benefices and preferments except one prebend which he held at Lincoln.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

About 1230 a certain Willem Cornelis, of Antwerp, gave up a prebend and devoted himself to teaching the pre-eminent virtue of poverty.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles