beneficed
beneficed is the simple past and past participle of benefice.
Meaning of benefice
Verb
benefice (third-person singular simple present benefices, present participle beneficing, simple past and past participle beneficed)
- To bestow a benefice upon
- There are two volumes, "The Open Door for Man's approach to God" (London, 1650) and "A Consideration of Infant Baptism" (London, 1653), by John Horne, who was beneficed at All Hallows, King's Lynn.1917, George A. Stephen, Three Centuries of a City Library
Adjective
beneficed (not comparable)
- Having a benefice
- a lewde curate,
A parson benyfyced
But nothynge well advysed.c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines 35–37 - Sir Wycherly was not a hard drinker, like Dutton; but he was a fair drinker, like Mr. Rotherham, and most of the beneficed clergy of that day.1842, James Fenimore Cooper, The Two Admirals
- a lewde curate,
Words formed from beneficed
Questions about beneficed
- What does beneficed mean?
- Beneficed means having a benefice.
- What is beneficed the simple past and past participle of?
- Beneficed is the simple past and past participle of benefice.
- What part of speech is beneficed?
- Beneficed is an adjective.
Words near beneficed in the dictionary
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