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Definition of Prebendaries
1. prebendary [n] - See also: prebendary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prebendaries
Literary usage of Prebendaries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity by Society of Antiquaries of London (1812)
"... and of the Earl of Leicester, upon the Contest between the Officers of Arms
and the Dean and prebendaries of Westminster, concerning the Hearse of the ..."
2. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1865)
"Provost, eight prebendaries, four choristers, six poor men. ... Provost, curate
to preside in choir in absence of the two senior prebendaries, ..."
3. History of the Church of England from the Abolition of the Roman by Richard Watson Dixon (1881)
"The beginning of prebendaries was proposed for the maintenance of good ...
Cranmer called before him the prebendaries whose names were affixed to the ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on the Jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts by Robert Swan (1830)
"JURISDICTION OF DEAN AND CHAPTER AND prebendaries. e THERE are twenty-four parishes
in the county of Lincoln, over which the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln ..."
5. Cathedralia: A Constitutional History of Cathedrals of the Western Church by Mackenzie Edward Charles Walcott (1865)
"Thirteen dignitaries, twenty canons, twelve prebendaries, ten chaplains. VA LF.NCIA.
... Seven dignitaries, twelve canons, twelve prebendaries. SEGORBE. ..."
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