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 /

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

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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

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Example Sentences

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prebend

A clergyman of a collegiate or cathedral church, who enjoys a prebend.

From Every-Day Errors of Speech by L. P. Meredith

He was appointed also the Lady Margaret’s professor of divinity, and by virtue of that, he had a prebend in Worcester Cathedral in 1705. 

From A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation by Robert Williams

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 Henry Charles Lea

At her death he was appointed by Elizabeth a prebend of Canterbury, where he died.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various

Thus the author points out that Shoe Lane has nothing to do with shoes nor indeed with lanes; it is a corruption of the solanda or prebend through which it passes.

From Springtime and Other Essays by Sir Francis Darwin

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