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

Etymology

Origin of prebendary

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word praebendārius. See prebend, -ary

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

For the earl of Athole had forced his brother, Andrew Stewart, prebendary of Craig, upon the chapter, and had put him in possession of the bishop’s palace.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various

He was appointed chaplain to Charles the Second, and prebendary of Salisbury, then rector of St. Mary’s, in Reading, and archdeacon of Merioneth; four years after, he was made dean of Bangor. 

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

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 obtained a living in Wales, and became chaplain to the King, prebendary of Westminster, and dean of p. 74Bangor. 

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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

He assigned it twenty-seven prebendaries of whom the king appoints those who are necessary.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 28 of 55 1637-38 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Emma Helen Blair

Immediately after, a procession, consisting of the dean and prebendaries of Westminster, in their surplices and rich copes, proceeded up the Hall, from the lower end thereof, in manner following:—

From Coronation Anecdotes by Giles Gossip

The ashes of the saint were stolen by one of the prebendaries.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by A. B. Clifton