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Prebend - What does it mean?

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prebend

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral.
  • (obsolete) The property or other source of this endowment.
  • * 1885 , ,
    • 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 .
  • Political patronage employment.
  • (obsolete) A prebendary.
    • (Francis Bacon)

    Derived terms

    * prebendal

    Related terms

    * prebendalism * prebendary

    Not English

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