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Benefice

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ben⋅e⋅fice

  [ben-uh-fis] noun, verb, -ficed, -fic⋅ing.
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–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   (běn'ə-fĭs)   
n.  

  1. Ecclesiastical

    1. A church office endowed with fixed capital assets that provide a living.

    2. The revenue from such assets.

  2. 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.
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