Rating | Solver | Clue |
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PREBEND | Church benefice | |
BENEFICED | Possessed of a benefice or church preferment. | |
PATRONAGE | The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson. | |
GLEBE | The land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice. | |
PREBENDARY | A clergyman attached to a collegiate or cathedral church who enjoys a prebend in consideration of his officiating at stated times in the church. See Note under Benefice, n., 3. | |
CANONRY | A benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church; a right to a place in chapter and to a portion of its revenues; the dignity or emoluments of a canon. | |
ADVOWSON | The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. [Originally, the relation of a patron (advocatus) or protector of a benef... |