Crossword clues for prebend
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prebend \Preb"end\ (pr[e^]b"[e^]nd), n. [F. pr['e]bende (cf. It. & Sp. prebenda), from L. praebenda, from L. praebere to hold forth, afford, contr. fr. praehibere; prae before + habere to have, hold. See Habit, and cf. Provender.]
A payment or stipend; esp., the stipend or maintenance granted to a prebendary out of the estate of a cathedral or collegiate church with which he is connected. See Note under Benefice.
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A prebendary. [Obs.]
--Bacon.Dignitary prebend, one having jurisdiction annexed to it.
Simple prebend, one without jurisdiction.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., from Old French prebende, earlier provende (12c.) and directly from Medieval Latin prebenda "allowance," from Late Latin praebenda "allowance, pension" (see provender). Related: Prebendary.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) A stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral. 2 (context obsolete English) The property or other source of this endowment. 3 Political patronage employment. 4 (context obsolete English) A prebendary.
WordNet
n. the stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon
Usage examples of "prebend".
Even if we were to learn that he was living, covered with prebends, in the imperial palace of his basileus, how to go and unmask him there, amid the entire Byzantine army?
Rather than accept the Pisan prebend right away, however, Galileo tried instead to reclaim the Brescian one, now that its incumbent had died, for his infant grandson.
While in the lowest grade of orders, not yet a deacon, various livings and prebends fell to his lot.
Now this is a genuine relic, and with an object like this we can return to our homes and receive honors and prebends, we have only to find the right bishop, as Baudolino did with Rainald for his three Magi.
Again, no one person should be allowed any longer to hold more than one canonry or prebend.
Being persons of influence, they create a shower about them, upon the assiduous and the favored, and upon all the young men who understand the art of pleasing, of large parishes, prebends, archidiaconates, chaplaincies, and cathedral posts, while awaiting episcopal honors.
He has to do it, because in the curia, too, there were men seized with doubt, even the Franciscans in the curia—pharisees, whited sepulchers, ready to sell themselves for a prebend, but they were seized with doubt.