Prebend
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈprɛbənd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Prebend is a noun meaning Political patronage employment.
Meaning
Political patronage employment.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To bend in advance.
- (obsolete) A stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral.
- (obsolete) The property or other source of this endowment.
- (obsolete) A prebendary.
Example Sentences
c. 1593, Francis Bacon, letter to Sir Thomas Coneysby a lease of the prebend of Withington
He is said to have added prebends to Southwell; it is more probable that he gave estates to the church which were afterwards made into separate prebends.
For large and/or dense bones compression plate fixation achieves absolute stability but the fragments have to be in contact remote to the plate by prebending the plate.
Word Forms
- prebends
- prebending
- prebent
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include prebendship, prestimony, primitia, preferment, prest, preambulation.
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