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benefice
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Benefice
(gcide) | Benefice \Ben"e*fice\, n. [F. b['e]n['e]fice, L. beneficium, a
kindness, in LL. a grant of an estate, fr. L. beneficus
beneficent; bene well + facere to do. See Benefit.]
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1. A favor or benefit. [Obs.] --Baxter.
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2. (Feudal Law) An estate in lands; a fief.
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Note: Such an estate was granted at first for life only, and
held on the mere good pleasure of the donor; but
afterward, becoming hereditary, it received the
appellation of fief, and the term benefice became
appropriated to church livings.
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3. An ecclesiastical living and church preferment, as in the
Church of England; a church endowed with a revenue for the
maintenance of divine service. See Advowson.
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Note: All church preferments are called benefices, except
bishoprics, which are called dignities. But,
ordinarily, the term dignity is applied to bishoprics,
deaneries, archdeaconries, and prebendaryships;
benefice to parsonages, vicarages, and donatives.
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Benefice
(gcide) | Benefice \Ben"e*fice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beneficed.]
To endow with a benefice.
Note: [Commonly in the past participle.]
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benefice
(wn) | benefice
n 1: an endowed church office giving income to its holder [syn:
benefice, ecclesiastical benefice]
v 1: endow with a benefice |
BENEFICE
(bouvier) | BENEFICE, eccles. law. In its most extended sense, any ecclesiastical
preferment or dignity; but in its more limited sense, it is applied only to
rectories and vicarages.
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beneficed
(encz) | beneficed,požívající prebendy Zdeněk Brož |
beneficence
(encz) | beneficence,dobročinnost n: Michal Ambrožbeneficence,dobrodiní n: Michal Ambrož |
beneficent
(encz) | beneficent,dobročinný adj: Zdeněk Brožbeneficent,charitativní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
ecclesiastical benefice
(encz) | ecclesiastical benefice, n: |
unbeneficed
(encz) | unbeneficed, adj: |
Benefice
(gcide) | Benefice \Ben"e*fice\, n. [F. b['e]n['e]fice, L. beneficium, a
kindness, in LL. a grant of an estate, fr. L. beneficus
beneficent; bene well + facere to do. See Benefit.]
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1. A favor or benefit. [Obs.] --Baxter.
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2. (Feudal Law) An estate in lands; a fief.
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Note: Such an estate was granted at first for life only, and
held on the mere good pleasure of the donor; but
afterward, becoming hereditary, it received the
appellation of fief, and the term benefice became
appropriated to church livings.
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3. An ecclesiastical living and church preferment, as in the
Church of England; a church endowed with a revenue for the
maintenance of divine service. See Advowson.
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Note: All church preferments are called benefices, except
bishoprics, which are called dignities. But,
ordinarily, the term dignity is applied to bishoprics,
deaneries, archdeaconries, and prebendaryships;
benefice to parsonages, vicarages, and donatives.
[1913 Webster]Benefice \Ben"e*fice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beneficed.]
To endow with a benefice.
Note: [Commonly in the past participle.]
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Beneficed
(gcide) | Benefice \Ben"e*fice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beneficed.]
To endow with a benefice.
Note: [Commonly in the past participle.]
[1913 Webster]Beneficed \Ben"e*ficed\, a.
Possessed of a benefice or church preferment. "Beneficed
clergymen." --Burke.
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Beneficeless
(gcide) | Beneficeless \Ben"e*fice*less\, a.
Having no benefice. "Beneficeless precisians." --Sheldon.
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Beneficence
(gcide) | Beneficence \Be*nef"i*cence\, n. [L. beneficentia, fr.
beneficus: cf. F. b['e]n['e]ficence. See Benefice.]
The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or
charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness.
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And whose beneficence no charge exhausts. --Cowper.
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Syn: See Benevolence.
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Beneficent
(gcide) | Beneficent \Be*nef`i*cent\, a.
Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and
charity; characterized by beneficence.
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The beneficent fruits of Christianity. --Prescott.
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Syn: See Benevolent.
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Beneficential
(gcide) | Beneficential \Be*nef`i*cen"tial\, a.
Relating to beneficence.
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Beneficently
(gcide) | Beneficently \Be*nef"i*cent*ly\ (b[-e]*n[e^]f"[i^]*sent*l[y^]),
adv.
In a beneficent manner; with beneficence.
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Plurality of benefices
(gcide) | Plurality \Plu*ral"i*ty\, n.; pl. pluralities. [L. pluralitas:
cf. F. pluralit['e].]
1. The state of being plural, or consisting of more than one;
a number consisting of two or more of the same kind; as, a
plurality of worlds; the plurality of a verb.
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2. The greater number; a majority; also, the greatest of
several numbers; in elections, the excess of the votes
given for one candidate over those given for another, or
for any other, candidate. When there are more than two
candidates, the one who receives the plurality of votes
may have less than a majority. See Majority.
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Take the plurality of the world, and they are
neither wise nor good. --L'Estrange.
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3. (Eccl.) See Plurality of benefices, below.
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Plurality of benefices (Eccl.), the possession by one
clergyman of more than one benefice or living. Each
benefice thus held is called a plurality. [Eng.]
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Unbeneficed
(gcide) | Unbeneficed \Unbeneficed\
See beneficed. |
beneficed
(wn) | beneficed
adj 1: having a benefice; "a beneficed clergyman" [ant:
unbeneficed] |
beneficence
(wn) | beneficence
n 1: doing good; feeling beneficent [ant: maleficence]
2: the quality of being kind or helpful or generous [ant:
balefulness, maleficence, mischief] |
beneficent
(wn) | beneficent
adj 1: doing or producing good; "the most beneficent regime in
history" [ant: maleficent]
2: generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent
contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic
contributions" [syn: beneficent, benevolent,
eleemosynary, philanthropic] |
ecclesiastical benefice
(wn) | ecclesiastical benefice
n 1: an endowed church office giving income to its holder [syn:
benefice, ecclesiastical benefice] |
unbeneficed
(wn) | unbeneficed
adj 1: not having a benefice [ant: beneficed] |
BENEFICE
(bouvier) | BENEFICE, eccles. law. In its most extended sense, any ecclesiastical
preferment or dignity; but in its more limited sense, it is applied only to
rectories and vicarages.
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