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
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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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She knew not what might be required of her, for Scarron's fortune was dwindling away, and he had been compelled to resign the prebend of Mans.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
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 his extremity he brought suit against his own chapter to compel them to assign to him the income of a single prebend as a means of livelihood.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Henry Charles Lea
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
In 1232, after a severe illness, he resigned all his benefices and preferments except one prebend which he held at Lincoln.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
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