prebend
Political patronage employmentPolitical patronage employment.
Meaning
4 sensesPolitical patronage employment.
(obsolete)A stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral.
Pfründe, Präbende
пребендаprebenda
the stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon
(obsolete)The property or other source of this endowment.
(obsolete)A prebendary.
c. 1593, Francis Bacon, letter to Sir Thomas Coneysby a lease of the prebend of Withington
Translations
6 languagesOrigin
From Middle French prebende, from Medieval Latin prebenda, from Late Latin praebenda, fromFrom Middle French prebende, from Medieval Latin prebenda, from Late Latin praebenda, from Latin praebendus, verbal adjective of praebere. Doublet of provender.
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