prebendary
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prebendaries
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a canon or member of the clergy who is entitled to a prebend for special services at a cathedral or collegiate church.
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Church of England. an honorary canon having the title of a prebend but not receiving a stipend.
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a canon or member of the chapter of a cathedral or collegiate church who holds a prebend
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Church of England an honorary canon with the title of prebendary
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Etymology
Origin of prebendary
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word praebendārius. See prebend, -ary
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John Henderson and the Rev. Colin Kerr, prebendary of St. Paul's, helped arrange a meeting in 1952 at which Graham discussed evangelism with 800 British religious leaders.
From Time Magazine Archive
He became a prebendary of St. Asaph, and vicar of Hackney, in Middlesex; and in 1631 he was raised to the bishopric of Bangor.
From A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation by Robert Williams
He obtained a living in Wales, and became chaplain to the King, prebendary of Westminster, and dean of p. 74Bangor.
From A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation by Robert Williams
In the following year he was made prebendary of the collegiate church of Brecon, and in 1626 chancellor of St. David’s.
From A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation by Robert Williams
Then uprose a zealous prebendary and cried: "Let us build a church so great that those who come after us will think us mad to have attempted it!"
From Southern Spain by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Calvert
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
Church House was packed with prebendaries, minor canons, curates, newshawks.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wulfruna’s foundation consisted of a dean, eight prebendaries or canons, and a sacrist.
From The Annals of Willenhall by Frederick William Hackwood
Undoubtedly the younger prebendaries might have co-operated in the exclusion.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. by Gustav Freytag
In Protestant times the daily services were performed by the sacrist and the readers, the prebendaries officiating on Sundays in p. 24rotation, according to a set cycle.
From The Annals of Willenhall by Frederick William Hackwood
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