prebend

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral.
2. noun The property or other source of this endowment.
3. noun Political patronage employment.
4. noun A prebendary.
5. verb To bend in advance.

Similar words

prebendship prestimony primitia preferment prest preambulation praepositus precentour priesting prepositure

Often followed by

of in at and or was to for sermons

Word family

prebendal prebends