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prebendary

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɹɛbəndəɹi/Part of speech nounSorted abdeenprryStarts with PEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a canon who receives a prebend for serving the church

Word origin

From Medieval Latin praebendārius, from Late Latin praebenda (“literally ‘things to be supplied’; prebend”), neuter plural of gerundive of praebeō (“supply”), from prae- (“pre-”) + habeō (“have, hold”).

Used in a sentence

  • The great church, the residences of the dean and the two prebendaries, the choir and its appurtenances, were all intact and in working order.
  • This is at least a third of the way up the career path to being a saint. Conscientious men (and women for that matter) often hear a sort of susurration in their ears when they achieve this prebendary status.
  • While in the cloth, all clerics, regardless of social origins, were members of privileged class, exempt from corvée and taxes and sharing the government’s prebendary benefices of land and conscript labor.

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