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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Nay, in times past, the sea had gone very near to sacrilege, for it has devoured the lands with which a prebend of St. Paul's was endowed.
From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by Vincent, J. E. (James Edmund)
A clergyman of a collegiate or cathedral church, who enjoys a prebend.
From Every-Day Errors of Speech by Meredith, L. P.
Dr. Edward Jenner was the third son of an Anglican clergyman, his mother being the daughter of a clergyman who had been at one time prebend in the cathedral of Bristol.
From Makers of Modern Medicine by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
Fuller was not formally dispossessed of his living and prebend on the triumph of the Presbyterian party, but he relinquished both preferments about this time.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
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
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