prebend

noun /ˈprɛbənd/

1. A stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral.

   obsolete

2. 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.

3. Political patronage employment.

4. A prebendary.

   obsolete

   a lease of the prebend of Withington

   c. 1593, Francis Bacon, letter to Sir Thomas Coneysby

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry prebend (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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