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
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
Seven years later he was made prebend in the Collegiate Chapel of St. Stephen, Westminster, and in the following year he became prebendary of South Newbold in the Church of York.
From Catholic Churchmen in Science by James J. Walsh
In 1485 he became prebendary of Lincoln cathedral.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
His estate was put under the management of trustees, and his person confided to the care of Dr. Lyons, a respectable clergyman, curate to the Rev. Robert King, prebendary of Dunlavin, one of Swift’s executors.
From The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays by David Masson
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
Under the new constitution there were six prebendaries, and for the first time a Dean.
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 wardship of young Leveson lasted 16 years, and when he came of age the prebendaries were glad to come to a composition with him.
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
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