[ben-uh-fis] 
noun, verb, -ficed, -fic⋅ing.| 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. |
| 4. | to invest with a benefice or ecclesiastical living. |
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