Definizione monolingua

prebend

prebend (plural prebends)

1. (obsolete) A stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral.
2. (obsolete) The property or other source of this endowment.
   • 1885, William Hunt, Aldred (d.1069), article in Leslie Stephen (editor) Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 1,

     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.

3. Political patronage employment.

Definizione dizionario prebend

prebenda

Altri significati:

Political patronage employment.

(obsolete) The property or other source of this endowment.

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

A stipend paid to a cleric.