benefice

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1. benefice - Noun

2. benefice - Verb

Meaning

A favor or benefit.

An estate in lands; a fief.

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.

To endow with a benefice.

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20. We pray that every proprietary parson or vicar having a benefice of 10 or more by year, shall either by themselves, or by some other person teach poor men’s children of their parish the book called the catechism and the primer. Source: Internet

8. We pray that priests or vicars that be not able to preach and set forth the word of God to his parishioners may be thereby put from his benefice, and the parishioners there to choose another or else patron or lord of the town. Source: Internet

According to Glarean's story, it worked: the court applauded, and the king gave Josquin his benefice. Source: Internet

Boniface IX introduced a revenue known as annates perpetuæ, withholding half the first year's income of every benefice granted in the Roman Court. Source: Internet

His judgment on this point has no greater importance than attaches to a Papal decree in any other undogmatic question, e.g., on a dispute about a benefice. Source: Internet

St Paul & St Clement is now a united benefice as is St George and St John. Source: Internet

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