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What is a prebend?

What is a prebend? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (obsolete) A stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral.
  2. (obsolete) The property or other source of this endowment.
  3. Political patronage employment.
  4. (obsolete) A prebendary.
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The prebend of Stanwick was worth about twice as much as any other.
At her death he was appointed by Elizabeth a prebend of Canterbury, where he died.
In 1550 he was presented to a prebend in the Church of Canterbury.
And as for the prebend, after what has passed, of course you must accept it.
He returned to Spain a little before 1577 and received a prebend of the Cathedral at Córdoba, where he lived until his death.
A clergyman of a collegiate or cathedral church, who enjoys a prebend.

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