Definition of benefice Benefice
ben•e•fice
We found 10 definitions of benefice from 5 different sources.
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What does benefice mean?
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NounPlural: benefices |
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| benefice - an endowed church office giving income to its holder | ||
| ecclesiastical benefice | ||
| church property, spiritualty, spirituality property or income owned by a church | ||
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| benefice - endow with a benefice | ||
| dower, endow furnish with an endowment; "When she got married, she got dowered" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- benefice (n.)
A favor or benefit. - benefice (n.)
An estate in lands; a fief. - benefice (n.)
An ecclesiastical living and church preferment, as in the Church of England; a church endowed with a revenue for the maintenance of divine service. See Advowson. - benefice (v. t.)
To endow with a benefice.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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benefice
ben′e-fis, n. any kind of church promotion or dignity, esp. with cure of souls, such as rectories, vicarages, and other parochial cures, as distinguished from bishoprics, deaneries, cathedral preferments, &c.: an ecclesiastical living.—adj. Ben′eficed, possessed of a benefice. [Through Fr. from L. beneficium.]
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