noun
Meaning 1
A stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
prebend
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/ˈprɛbənd/
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/priˈbɛnd/
noun
Meaning 2
The property or other source of this endowment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 3
Political patronage employment.
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noun
Meaning 4
A prebendary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Examples
- c. 1593, Francis Bacon, letter to Sir Thomas Coneysby a lease of the prebend of Withington
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verb
Meaning 5
To bend in advance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 6
the stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: stipend
History
Etymology
From Middle French prebende, from Medieval Latin prebenda, from Late Latin praebenda, from Latin praebendus, verbal adjective of praebere. Doublet of provender.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh2- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh2i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Indo-European *bhendh-der. Proto-Germanic *bindaną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *bandijaną Proto-West Germanic *bandijan Old English bendan Middle English benden English bend English prebend From pre- + bend.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: prebenda — stipend paid to a canon
- Dutch: prebende — stipend paid to a canon
- French: prébende — stipend paid to a canon
- German: Pfründe — stipend paid to a canon
- German: Präbende — stipend paid to a canon
- Italian: prebenda — stipend paid to a canon
- Polish: prebenda — stipend paid to a canon
- Spanish: prebenda — stipend paid to a canon
- Swedish: prebende — stipend paid to a canon
- Ukrainian: пребенда (prebenda) — stipend paid to a canon