benefice

Plural: benefices

Noun

• an endowed church office giving income to its holder
• Land granted to a priest in a church that has a source of income attached to it.
• A favour or benefit.
• An estate in lands; a fief.

Verb

Verb Forms: beneficed, beneficing, benefices

• To endow with a benefice (a church office providing income).
• endow with a benefice
• To bestow a benefice upon

Examples

• I’d like to benefice myself with the 50-point bonus for this bingo.

Synonyms

ecclesiastical benefice

Related Words

beneficence, beneficent, beneficial, curacy, curatage, curateship, glebe-house, parsonage, parsonship, rectorate, rectory, vicarage, vicarate, vicarship

Anagrams of benefice