Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A stipend drawn from the endowment or revenues of an Anglican cathedral or church by a presiding member of the clergy; a cathedral or church benefice.
- n. The property or tithe providing the endowment for such a stipend.
- n. A prebendary.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. 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. Originally a prebend was the portion of food, clothing, or money allowed to a monk or cleric, independent of a benefice. When in the eleventh century canons ceased to live in common, each canon received a share of the cathedral revenues, called a prebend, and some of their number a prebendal residence. A prebend may be held by a layman.
- n. A prebendary.
- n. A prebendaryship.
Wiktionary
- n. A stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral.
- n. The property or other source of this endowment.
- n. Political patronage employment.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. 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.
- n. A prebendary.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon
Etymologies
- Middle English prebende, from Old French, from Medieval Latin praebenda, from Late Latin, state allowance, from Latin, neuter pl. gerundive of praebēre, to grant, from praehibēre : prae-, pre- + habēre, to hold; see ghabh- in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“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".”
“prebend" does not yet appear, neither do the distinctive names of the stalls.”
“Within each colonial prebend tribal jealousies and differences were exploited by colonial masters to maximize political power and economic advantage.”
“In Maronia pia, or Maronia felix, I know not whether, nor how long since, nor in what cathedral church, a fat prebend fell void.”
“On the day after his return he received proper authentic tidings of his presentation to the prebend.”
“‘And as for the prebend, after what has passed, of course you must accept it.’”
“Luckily for him, this state of suspense was not long, for within half an hour of his leaving the breakfast-table, the footman knocked at his door — that footman with whom, at the beginning of his difficulties, he had made up his mind to dispense, but who had been kept on because of the Barchester prebend.”
“In this manner the question of the prebend was discussed between them on the evening before he started for London.”
“Such an occasion had now come, and he had desired his sister to give the new Lord Petty Bag no rest till he should have promised to use all his influence in getting the vacant prebend for Mark Robarts.”
“This very journey of his up to London would be most imprudent, if it should become necessary for him to give up all hope of holding the prebend.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘prebend’.
-
Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
-
Hence
Words with definitions that have a "hence" in them.
hanger, Deet, tripe, spindlelegs, fiddle, store, pluck, snap, villain, link, comedy, particular and 376 more...
Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.