Prebend

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  • noun. A stipend historically drawn by a beneficed canon of a cathedral or collegiate church.
  • noun. The property or tithe providing the endowment for such a stipend.
  • noun. A prebendary.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In canon law, a stated income derived from some fixed source; hence, especially, a stipend allotted from the revenues of a cathedral or collegiate church for the performance of certain duties by a person hence called a prebendary.
  • noun. A prebendary.
  • noun. A prebendaryship.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A payment or stipend; esp., the stipend or maintenance granted to a prebendary out of the estate of a cathedral or collegiate church with which he is connected. See note under benefice.
  • noun. A prebendary.
  • noun. one having jurisdiction annexed to it.
  • noun. one without jurisdiction.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral.
  • noun. The property or other source of this endowment.
  • noun. Political patronage employment.
  • noun. A prebendary.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon
    • Word Usage
    "This community life becoming more and more rare after the end of the ninth century, each canon received his own share of the mensal revenues – his "prebend"."
    Form
    prebendal  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    stipend  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    benefice  bishopric  bloggers'  d'aiguillon  dignidad  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    benefice  pay  prebendary  
    variant
    benefice  note  
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