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Prebend

//ˈprɛbənd// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral. obsolete
  2. 2
    the stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon wordnet
  3. 3
    The property or other source of this endowment. obsolete

    "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."

  4. 4
    Political patronage employment.
  5. 5
    A prebendary. obsolete

    "c. 1593, Francis Bacon, letter to Sir Thomas Coneysby a lease of the prebend of Withington"

Verb
  1. 1
    To bend in advance. transitive

    "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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle French prebende, from Medieval Latin prebenda, from Late Latin praebenda, from Latin praebendus, verbal adjective of praebere. Doublet of provender.

Etymology 2

From pre- + bend.

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