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/
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8 entriesprebendprebend estateprebend holderprebend incomeprebend propertyprebendal estateresidentiary canonsenior canon
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12 entriescathedral canonecclesiastical officeprebendal estatesprebendal revenueprebendary dutiesprebendary officeprebendary positionprebendary revenuesprebendary statusprebendary stipendresidentiary canonsenior clergyman
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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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