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ben·e·fice

Audio Help [ben-uh-fis] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -ficed, -fic·ing.

–noun

1.	a position or post granted to an ecclesiastic that guarantees a fixed amount of property or income.

2.	the revenue itself.

3.	the equivalent of a fief in the early Middle Ages.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to invest with a benefice or ecclesiastical living.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME < MF < L beneficium service, kindness (benefic(us) benefic + -ium -ium)

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ben·e·fice Audio Help (běn'ə-fĭs) Pronunciation Key
n.

Ecclesiastical
1. A church office endowed with fixed capital assets that provide a living.
2. The revenue from such assets.
A landed estate granted in feudal tenure.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin beneficium, benefit, from beneficus, benefic; see benefic.]

ben'e·fice v.

benefice
noun
1.	an endowed church office giving income to its holder
verb
1.	endow with a benefice

Benefice

Arch`dea"con*ry\, n. The district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. See Benefice.

Every diocese is divided into archdeaconries. --Blackstone.