Prebend

[120] It is sometimes forgotten that a Prebend is a thing; a Prebendary a person.

Sydney Smith Rusell, George W E 1904

Things had come to such a pass with him in Exeter — from the hints of his friend the Prebend, from a word or two which had come to him from the Dean, from certain family arrangements proposed to him by his mother and sisters — things had come to such a pass that he was of a mind that he had better marry some one.

He Knew He Was Right 2004

In others, their nose did grow so, that it seemed to be the beak of a limbeck, in every part thereof most variously diapered with the twinkling sparkles of crimson blisters budding forth, and purpled with pimples all enamelled with thickset wheals of a sanguine colour, bordered with gules; and such have you seen the Canon or Prebend Panzoult, and Woodenfoot, the physician of Angiers.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

In others, their nose did grow so, that it seemed to be the beak of a limbeck, in every part thereof most variously diapered with the twinkling sparkles of crimson blisters budding forth, and purpled with pimples all enamelled with thickset wheals of a sanguine colour, bordered with gules; and such have you seen the Canon or Prebend Panzoult, and Woodenfoot, the physician of Angiers.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

He was tired, and he didn't much feel like trailing Alfie across the green that was Prebend Gardens.

A Traitor to Memory George, Elizabeth 2001

He knew the routine when Webberly was on the other end of the lead: It would be a stroll to Prebend Gardens, where his master would unhook the lead from his collar and throw the tennis ball across the grass, whereupon Alfie would dash after it, refuse to return it, and run wildly around for at least quarter of an hour.

A Traitor to Memory George, Elizabeth 2001

At the corner, they crossed and there they parted fondly, Miranda heading to the left which would ultimately take her in the direction of Stamford Brook underground station and Webberly striding onward along the green iron railing that formed the east boundary of Prebend Gardens.

A Traitor to Memory George, Elizabeth 2001

They set off to the right once beyond the front gate, following the dog to the end of Palgrave Street, where he made the expected left turn that would take them up to Stamford Brook Road and Prebend Gardens that lay just on the other side of it.

A Traitor to Memory George, Elizabeth 2001

The dog was nothing if not patience, tolerance, and fidelity incarnate, and all he asked in return for his devotion was food, water, and the chance to run with happy abandon round, through, and across Prebend Gardens twice each day.

A Traitor to Memory George, Elizabeth 2001

S.e endeavored to secure the Prebend of S. Jacopo for him.

Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day Ferdinand Gregorovius