Among the prebendaries have been men eminent for their learning and piety: as Lancelot Andrews, bishop of Winchester, Dr. Sherlock, Archdeacon Paley, and the Rev. William Beloe, B.D. well known by his translation of Herodotus.
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Prebendary
//ˈpɹɛbəndəɹi//
Synonyms for "prebendary" (19 found)
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7 translations across 5 languages.
French
1 entries- prébendier noun (honorary canon of a cathedral or collegiate church)
German
1 entries- Pfründner noun (honorary canon of a cathedral or collegiate church)
Latin
1 entries- beneficiatus noun (honorary canon of a cathedral or collegiate church)
Polish
3 entries- dotyczący prebendy adj (pertaining to the office or person of a prebendary)
- dotyczący prebendy adj (pertaining to official positions profitable for the incumbent, to the allocation of such positions, or to systems in which such allocation is prevalent)
- prebendarz noun (honorary canon of a cathedral or collegiate church)
Spanish
1 entries- prebendado noun (honorary canon of a cathedral or collegiate church)
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Wolverhampton church, dedicated to St. Mary, was a collegiate establishment, with a dean as president, and a number of prebendaries or canons who were “secular” priests, and not brethren of any of the regular “orders of monks.” […] A prebendary, it may be explained, is one who enjoys a prebend or canonical portion; that is, who receives in right of his place, a share out of the common stock of the church for his maintenance.
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The great church, the residences of the dean and the two prebendaries, the choir and its appurtenances, were all intact and in working order.
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This is at least a third of the way up the career path to being a saint. Conscientious men (and women for that matter) often hear a sort of susurration in their ears when they achieve this prebendary status.
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