prebend
Americannoun
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a stipend allotted from the revenues of a cathedral or a collegiate church to a canon or member of the chapter.
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the land yielding such a stipend.
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a prebendary.
noun
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the stipend assigned by a cathedral or collegiate church to a canon or member of the chapter
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the land, tithe, or other source of such a stipend
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a less common word for prebendary
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Church of England the office, formerly with an endowment, of a prebendary
Other Word Forms
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
Example Sentences
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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 Williams, Robert
On the 1st of March, 1359, he was presented by the king to the prebend of Flixton, in the church of Lichfield.
From Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies Volume I by Anonymous
There is indeed a known story of a man that was possessed of a prebend, and quitted it for a wife.
From Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Bayle, Pierre
In June of the same year his uncle gave him a prebend in Salisbury, where his father, who died in the following year, held a canonry.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
He entered the church and was provided for by a prebend at Saragossa.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
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