prebend
noun
a stipend allotted from the revenues of a cathedral or a collegiate church to a canon or member of the chapter.
prebendal
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a word derived from
prebend.
Example Sentences
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It has all the air of a prebendal residence, but if it was ever connected with the church, that connection has long ceased.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric by Cecil Walter Charles Hallett
The cathedral plate adorned the prebendal sideboards and dinner-tables.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Mary Frances Cusack
Mr. Lysons supposes it to have included the prebendal manor of Kentish Town,4 or Cantelows, which now constitutes a stall in St. Paul's Cathedral.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 546, May 12, 1832 by Various
For the energy displayed in the contest Horsley was rewarded by Lord Chancellor Thurlow with a prebendal stall at Gloucester; and in 1788 the same patron procured his promotion to the see of St David’s.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
A passage at the side leads to the Liberty, where are some of the prebendal houses.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Percy Dearmer
