prebend
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French prebende, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin prebenda, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin praebenda, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin praebendus, verbal adjective of praebere.
Noun
prebend (plural prebends)
- (obsolete) A stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral.
- (obsolete) The property or other source of this endowment.
- 1885, William Hunt, Aldred (d.1069), article in Leslie Stephen (editor) Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 1,
- He is said to have added prebends to Southwell; it is more probable that he gave estates to the church which were afterwards made into separate prebends.
- 1885, William Hunt, Aldred (d.1069), article in Leslie Stephen (editor) Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 1,
- Political patronage employment.
- (obsolete) A prebendary.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
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Translations
stipend paid to a canon
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