prebendary

American  

[preb-uhn-der-ee] / ˈprɛb ənˌdɛr i /

noun

• prebendaries
  plural

1. a canon or member of the clergy who is entitled to a prebend for special services at a cathedral or collegiate church.

2. Church of England. an honorary canon having the title of a prebend but not receiving a stipend.

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prebendary British  

/ ˈprɛbəndərɪ, -drɪ /

noun

1. a canon or member of the chapter of a cathedral or collegiate church who holds a prebend

2. Church of England an honorary canon with the title of prebendary

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• prebendaries
  plural

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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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Example Sentences

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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

Then uprose a zealous prebendary and cried: "Let us build a church so great that those who come after us will think us mad to have attempted it!"

From Southern Spain by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Calvert

He took orders, and in 1688 was made a prebendary of Cork.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

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

He was made prebendary of Canterbury and professor of Arabic at Cambridge.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

Church House was packed with prebendaries, minor canons, curates, newshawks.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

He managed the property of the dean and chapter, and knew what were the rights, and also what were the wrongs, of prebendaries and minor canons,—of vicars choral, and even of choristers.

From Rachel Ray by Anthony Trollope

Besides that, Mrs. Chantry counted a near relative in one of the cathedral prebendaries at Worcester—and for pride and exclusiveness some of those old prebendaries capped the world.

From The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel by Mrs. Henry Wood

So sure of their position were they that the prebendaries actually proceeded to lease out their property. 

From The Annals of Willenhall by Frederick William Hackwood

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