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noun
1.
a stipend allotted from the revenues of a cathedral or a collegiate church to a canon or member of the chapter.
2.
the land yielding such a stipend.
3.
a prebendary.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English prebende < Medieval Latin prēbenda, variant of praebenda prebend, Late Latin: allowance, neuter plural gerundive of Latin prae(hi)bēre to offer, furnish, equivalent to prae- pre- + -hibēre, combining form of habēre to have, hold
1375–1425; late Middle English prebende < Medieval Latin prēbenda, variant of praebenda prebend, Late Latin: allowance, neuter plural gerundive of Latin prae(hi)bēre to offer, furnish, equivalent to prae- pre- + -hibēre, combining form of habēre to have, hold
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Prebend
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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World English Dictionary
| prebend (ˈprɛbənd) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the stipend assigned by a cathedral or collegiate church to a canon or member of the chapter |
| 2. | the land, tithe, or other source of such a stipend |
| 3. | a less common word for prebendary |
| 4. | Church of England the office, formerly with an endowment, of a prebendary |
| [C15: from Old French prébende, from Medieval Latin praebenda pension, stipend, from Latin praebēre to offer, supply, from prae forth + habēre to have, offer] | |
| prebendal | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
prebend
c.1400, from O.Fr. prebende, earlier provende (12c.), from M.L. prebenda "allowance," from L.L. præbenda "allowance, pension" (see provender).
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