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Webster 1913 Edition
Prebend
Preb′end
(prĕb′ĕnd)
, Noun.
1.
2.
A prebendary.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
Dignitary prebend
, one having jurisdiction annexed to it.
– Simple prebend
, one without jurisdiction.
Webster 1828 Edition
Prebend
PREB'END
,Noun.
1.
The stipend or maintenance granted out of the estate of a cathedral or collegiate church. Prebends are simple or dignitary; simple, when they are restricted to the revenue only, and dignitary, when they have jurisdiction annexed to them.2.
A prebendary. [Not in use.]Definition 2024
prebend
prebend
English
Noun
prebend (plural prebends)
- (obsolete) A stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral.
- (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.
- 1885, William Hunt, Aldred (d.1069), article in Leslie Stephen (editor) Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 1,
- Political patronage employment.
- (obsolete) A prebendary.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)