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benefice n. 僧侣之禄,圣俸,有俸圣职 僧侣之禄,圣俸,有俸圣职 benefice n 1: an endowed church office giving income to its holder [ synonym: { benefice}, { ecclesiastical benefice}] v 1: endow with a beneficeBenefice \ Ben" e* fice\, n. [ F. b[' e] n[' e] fice, L. beneficium, a kindness, in LL. a grant of an estate, fr. L. beneficus beneficent; bene well facere to do. See { Benefit}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. A favor or benefit. [ Obs.] -- Baxter. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Feudal Law) An estate in lands; a fief. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Such an estate was granted at first for life only, and held on the mere good pleasure of the donor; but afterward, becoming hereditary, it received the appellation of fief, and the term benefice became appropriated to church livings. [ 1913 Webster] 3. An ecclesiastical living and church preferment, as in the Church of England; a church endowed with a revenue for the maintenance of divine service. See { Advowson}. [ 1913 Webster] Note: All church preferments are called benefices, except bishoprics, which are called dignities. But, ordinarily, the term dignity is applied to bishoprics, deaneries, archdeaconries, and prebendaryships; benefice to parsonages, vicarages, and donatives. [ 1913 Webster]
Benefice \ Ben" e* fice\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Beneficed}.] To endow with a benefice. Note: [ Commonly in the past participle.] [ 1913 Webster]
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