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Definition of Prebendal
1. a. Of or pertaining to a prebend; holding a prebend; as, a prebendal priest or stall.
Definition of Prebendal
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a prebend; prebendary. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of an office) Having an associated prebend. ¹
3. Adjective. Of or pertaining to an honorary religious title granted by the state. ¹
4. Adjective. Of or relating to official positions that are profitable for the incumbent, to the allocation of such positions, or to a system in which such allocation is prevalent. ¹
5. Adjective. (politics) Relating to political patronage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prebendal
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prebendal
Literary usage of Prebendal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Treatise on Architectural Jurisprudence: In which the by James Elmes (1827)
"$j I. — prebendal HOUSES are houses contiguous Definition of to a cathedral, for
the residence of prebends. houses. («) Mich. T. 24 Geo. 3. ..."
2. Publications of the Surtees Society by Surtees Society (1903)
"NOTES ON prebendal HOUSES. (MS. formerly in possession of Archdeacon ...
prebendal Houses. Stall 1. Was the Exchequer of the Chamberlain of the Monastery. ..."
3. Collectio Rerum Ecclesiasticarum de Diœcesi Eboracensi, Or, Collections by George Lawton, Andrew Coltee Ducarel (1842)
"X. Bilton prebendal Court. Bilton, near Wetherby. XI. ... Husthwaite prebendal
Court. Carlton, near Husthwaite. Husthwaite. XVII. Langtoft prebendal Court. ..."
4. Record Series by Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Association (1907)
"... and Treasurership of the Cathedral and the various prebendal Courts. There are,
in this series, four Volumes and an Act Book. The fourth Volume is very ..."
5. The Marriage, Baptismal, and Burial Registers of the Collegiate Church Or by Joseph Lemuel Chester (1876)
"... his wife: born Feb. llth at his prebendal house in Little Dean's Yard.8 Rev.
Sir Richard Cope, ninth Bart, of Hanwell, со. ..."
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