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prebends

prebends is the plural of prebend.

prebends is the third-person singular simple present indicative of prebend.

Meaning of prebend

Noun

prebend (plural prebends)

  1. (obsolete) A stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral.
  2. (obsolete) The property or other source of this endowment.
    • 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, “Aldred (d.1069)”, in Leslie Stephen, editor, Dictionary of National Biography, William Hunt, Volume 1
  3. Political patronage employment.
  4. (obsolete) A prebendary.
    • a lease of the prebend of Withingtonc. 1593, Francis Bacon, letter to Sir Thomas Coneysby

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Questions about prebends

What is prebends the plural of?
Prebends is the plural of prebend.

Words near prebends in the dictionary

  1. prebendaries
  2. prebendary
  3. prebendaryship
  4. prebendaryships
  5. prebending
  6. prebends
  7. prebendship
  8. prebendships
  9. prebent
  10. prebetrayal
  11. prebetrothal

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