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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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In 1550 he was presented to a prebend in the Church of Canterbury.
On November 23, 1633, he compounded for the first fruits of the prebend of Middleton.
As we suspected, the two masts had differences in their prebend which we addressed through tuning aft of the straighter mast's mast step.
And as for the prebend, after what has passed, of course you must accept it.
In 1123 Henry I granted the manor to the bishop of Lincoln for the endowment of a prebend.
At her death he was appointed by Elizabeth a prebend of Canterbury, where he died.

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