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prebend

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈprɛbənd/Part of speech nounSorted bdeenprStarts with PEnds with D0 clues
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Definitions

  1. the stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon

Word origin

From pre- + bend.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • c. 1593, Francis Bacon, letter to Sir Thomas Coneysby a lease of the prebend of Withington
  • For large and/or dense bones compression plate fixation achieves absolute stability but the fragments have to be in contact remote to the plate by prebending the plate.

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