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prebendaries

prebendaries is the plural of prebendary.

Meaning of prebendary

Noun

prebendary (plural prebendaries)

  1. An honorary canon of a cathedral or collegiate church.
    • Among the prebendaries have been men eminent for their learning and piety: as Lancelot Andrews, bishop of Winchester, Dr. Sherlock, Archdeacon Paley, and the Rev. William Beloe, B.D. well known by his translation of Herodotus.1832 May 12, various authors, “St Pancras (Old) Church”, in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, volume 19, number 546

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Questions about prebendaries

What is prebendaries the plural of?
Prebendaries is the plural of prebendary.

Words near prebendaries in the dictionary

  1. prebeloved
  2. prebend
  3. prebendal
  4. prebendalism
  5. prebendalisms
  6. prebendaries
  7. prebendary
  8. prebendaryship
  9. prebendaryships
  10. prebending
  11. prebends

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