Prebendal

Quick meaning: Prebendal is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to a prebend; prebendary.

Meaning

Of or pertaining to a prebend; prebendary.

More Meanings

1. (of an office) Having an associated prebend.
2. Of or pertaining to an honorary religious title granted by the state.
3. (politics) Relating to political patronage.
4. Of or relating to official positions that are profitable for the incumbent, to the allocation of such positions, or to a system in which such allocation is prevalent.

Example Sentences

In October 1746 Mary had taken over the lease of the Prebendal estate in Aylesbury, and with it the position of lady of the manor, from her mother.

Similar phenomena, which promote a guild-like closure of officialdom, are typically found in the patrimonial and, particularly, in prebendal officialdom of the past.

His father had held a prebendal stall at Ely in times when prebendal stalls were worth more than they are at present, and having also been possessed of a living in the neighbourhood, had amassed a considerable sum of money.

In this respect, Earl Henry's grants of prebendal property might be regarded as the original donatio and the first of a series of such grants that would only later culminate in a more general and confirmatory charter of foundation.

Related Words

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