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benefice
[ ben-uh-fis ]
noun
- a position or post granted to an ecclesiastic that guarantees a fixed amount of property or income.
- the revenue itself.
- the equivalent of a fief in the early Middle Ages.
verb (used with object)
beneficed, beneficing.
- to invest with a benefice or ecclesiastical living.
benefice
/ ˈ²úÉ›²Ôɪ´Úɪ²õ /
noun
- Christianity an endowed Church office yielding an income to its holder; a Church living
- the property or revenue attached to such an office
- (in feudal society) a tenement (piece of land) held by a vassal from a landowner on easy terms or free, esp in return for military support See also vassalage
verb
- tr to provide with a benefice
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²Ô´Ç²Ô·²ú±ð²ÔÄ·´Ú¾±³¦±ð»å adjective
- ³Ü²Ô·²ú±ð²ÔÄ·´Ú¾±³¦±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of benefice1
C14: from Old French, from Latin beneficium benefit, from beneficus , from bene well + facere to do
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Some tycoons have crafted named benefices: the Broad and David Geffen foundations, for example.
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The church, she says, is one of 15 in the benefice.
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In 1449, the city council of Toledo, Spain, passed an ordinance decreeing “that no converso of Jewish descent may have or hold any office or benefice in the said city of Toledo.â€
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The idea of a paid vicar in every single church on a Sunday - certainly in the benefice here - is long gone.
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Most important of these was the appropriation of benefices to their use.
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