prestimony

English

Etymology

From Latin praestimonium, from praestare (“to furnish, supply”). Compare French prestimonie. See prest (noun).

Noun

prestimony (plural prestimonies)

1. A fund for the support of a priest, without the title of a benefice.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “prestimony”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)