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Definition of benefice
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of benefice is as below...
Benefice
(n.) 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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Benefit
::
Benefit
(n.)
Beneficence;
liberality.
Gracious
::
Gracious
(a.)
Abounding
in grace or
mercy;
manifesting
love,.
or
bestowing
mercy;
characterized
by
grace;
beneficent;
merciful;
disposed
to show
kindness
or
favor;
condescending;
as, his most
gracious
majesty..
Benefice
::
Benefice
(v. t.) To endow with a
benefice.
Incumbency
::
Incumbency
(n.) The state of
holding
a
benefice;
the full
possession
and
exercise
of any
office.
Provisor
::
Provisor
(n.) One who is
regularly
inducted
into a
benefice.
See
Provision,
5..
Voidance
::
Voidance
(n.) A
ejection
from a
benefice.
Blessing
::
Blessing
(v. t.) A means of
happiness;
that which
promotes
prosperity
and
welfare;
a
beneficent
gift.
Impropriation
::
Impropriation
(n.) The act of
putting
an
ecclesiastical
benefice
in the hands of a
layman,
or lay
corporation..
Institute
::
Institute
(v. t.) To
invest
with the
spiritual
charge
of a
benefice,
or the care of
souls..
Appropriator
::
Appropriator
(n.) A
spiritual
corporation
possessed
of an
appropriated
benefice;
also, an
impropriator..
Presentation
::
Presentation
(n.) The act of
offering
a
clergyman
to the
bishop
or
ordinary
for
institution
in a
benefice;
the right of
presenting
a
clergyman.
Mandatary
::
Mandatary
(n.) One to whom a
command
or
charge
is
given;
hence,
specifically,
a
person
to whom the pope has, by his
prerogative,
given a
mandate
or order for his
benefice..
Collation
::
Collation
(v. t.) The
presentation
of a
clergyman
to a
benefice
by a
bishop,
who has it in his own
gift..
Altruistic
::
Altruistic
(a.)
Regardful
of
others;
beneficent;
unselfish;
--
opposed
to
egoistic
or
selfish.
Avoidance
::
Avoidance
(n.) The act of
becoming
vacant,
or the state of being
vacant;
--
specifically
used for the state of a
benefice
becoming
void by the
death,
deprivation,
or
resignation
of the
incumbent..
Beneficiary
::
Beneficiary
(n.) A
feudatory
or
vassal;
hence,
one who holds a
benefice
and uses its
proceeds..
Commendam
::
Commendam
(n.) A
vacant
living
or
benefice
commended
to a
cleric
(usually
a
bishop)
who
enjoyed
the
revenue
until a
pastor
was
provided.
A
living
so held was said to be held in
commendam.
The
practice
was
abolished
by law in 1836.
Canonry
::
Canonry
(n. pl.) A
benefice
or
prebend
in a
cathedral
or
collegiate
church;
a right to a place in
chapter
and to a
portion
of its
revenues;
the
dignity
or
emoluments
of a
canon.
Beneficed
::
Beneficed
(imp. & p. p.) of
Benefic.
Beneficeless
::
Beneficeless
(a.)
Having
no
benefice.
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