prebendaries
- plural of prebendary.
Example Sentences
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Church House was packed with prebendaries, minor canons, curates, newshawks.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here they were blessed and sanctified, and then the Dean of Westminster and his prebendaries in their copes of state carried the regalia through the cloister to the royal robing room.
From Time Magazine Archive
Besides that, Mrs. Chantry counted a near relative in one of the cathedral prebendaries at Worcester—and for pride and exclusiveness some of those old prebendaries capped the world.
From The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry
The chapter formerly consisted of canons and prebendaries, the dean being the head and an integral part of the corporation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
He assigned it twenty-seven prebendaries of whom the king appoints those who are necessary.
