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Definition of Prebend
1. Noun. The stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon.
Definition of Prebend
1. n. 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.
Definition of Prebend
1. Noun. (obsolete) A stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) The property or other source of this endowment. ¹
3. Noun. Political patronage employment. ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete) A prebendary. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prebend
1. a clergyman's stipend [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prebend
Literary usage of Prebend
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society by Historical Society of Great Britain (1877)
"in the choir, after the vicar shall be the prebend of the Aisle of St Mary the
... The third prebend shall be called the second prebend of St Mary's Aisle; ..."
2. Ecclesiastical Law by Richard Burn, Simon Fraser (1797)
"... a clerk to a prebend of the church of St. Andrew, and afterwards the fame ...
for an archdeacon may be cither a dean or prebend of that church where he ..."
3. Calendar of Patent Rolls, Preserved in the Public Record Office by Great Britain Public Record Office (1907)
"18, 120, 220, 221, 242, 310, 364, 317. , prebend of ... prebend of Wetwang prebend
of Warthill 465. -, prebendary of Wilton in, 40, 179, 220, 221, 308, 316, ..."
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