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prebendship

prebendship noun: a prebendaryship.

Noun

prebendship (plural prebendships)

  1. (obsolete) A prebendaryship.
    • every one of them should confer one prebendship on the same foundation1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC

Forms of prebendship

pluralprebendships

Origin of prebendship

From prebend + -ship.

Questions about prebendship

What does prebendship mean?
Prebendship means a prebendaryship.
What part of speech is prebendship?
Prebendship is a noun.
What is the plural of prebendship?
The plural of prebendship is prebendships.

Words near prebendship in the dictionary

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

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