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Benefice

Benefice Meaning & Definition
Benefice Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Benefice?

[n] an endowed church office giving income to its holder
[v] endow with a benefice

Synonyms | Synonyms for Benefice: ecclesiastical benefice

Related Terms | Find terms related to Benefice:

See Also | church property | dower | endow | sinecure | spirituality | spiritualty

Benefice In Webster's Dictionary

\Ben"e*fice\, n. [F. b['e]n['e]fice, L. beneficium, a kindness, in LL. a grant of an estate, fr. L. beneficus beneficent; bene well + facere to do. See {Benefit}.] 1. A favor or benefit. [Obs.] --Baxter. 2. (Feudal Law) An estate in lands; a fief. Note: Such an estate was granted at first for life only, and held on the mere good pleasure of the donor; but afterward, becoming hereditary, it received the appellation of fief, and the term benefice became appropriated to church livings. 3. 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}. Note: All church preferments are called benefices, except bishoprics, which are called dignities. But, ordinarily, the term dignity is applied to bishoprics, deaneries, archdeaconries, and prebendaryships; benefice to parsonages, vicarages, and donatives.
\Ben"e*fice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beneficed}.] To endow with a benefice. Note: [Commonly in the past participle.]

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