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Prehend vs Prebend - What's the difference?

prehend | prebend |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between prehend and prebend

is that prehend is (obsolete) to lay hold of; to seize while prebend is (obsolete) a prebendary.

As a verb prehend

is (obsolete) to lay hold of; to seize.

As a noun prebend is

(obsolete) a stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral.

prehend

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (obsolete) To lay hold of; to seize.
    • (Middleton)
    (Webster 1913)

    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