benefice
noun
a position or post granted to an ecclesiastic that guarantees a fixed amount of property or income.
unbeneficed
-
a word derived from
benefice.
Example Sentences
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He dismissed his curates when they married, having decided views on the celibacy of the unbeneficed clergy.
From Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
He was unbeneficed, having no time for parish work.
From Dangerous Ages by Dame Rose Macaulay
The priest who officiated was an unbeneficed clergyman, long known as an inmate of the castle.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby
And there were not wanting in real life unbeneficed clergymen who, in point of abilities and erudition, might have held their own with the learned prelates of the period.
From The English Church in the Eighteenth Century by Charles J. (Charles John) Abbey
Of unbeneficed London clergy there is no one, I believe, who is so much distinguished by his learning and literary talent as the Rev. Frederick Maurice, Chaplain of St Guy's Hospital.
From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 by Arthur Christopher Benson
