- church benefice - A payment or stipend; esp., the stipend or maintenance
granted to a prebendary out of the estate of a cathedral or collegiate
church with which he is connected. See Note under Benefice. - A prebendary.
- Business - Clientele - Custom - Guardianship - Support of benefactor - Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or
aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters;
patronage given to an author. - Business custom.
- A clergyman attached to a collegiate or cathedral
church who enjoys a prebend in consideration of his officiating at
stated times in the church. See Note under Benefice, n., 3. - A prebendaryship.
- A benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate
church; a right to a place in chapter and to a portion of its revenues;
the dignity or emoluments of a canon.
- The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in
the church. [Originally, the relation of a patron (advocatus) or
protector of a benefice, and thus privileged to nominate or present to
it.]