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Beneficeless :: Beneficeless (a.) Having no benefice.

Sinecure :: Sinecure (n.) An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls.

Chopchurch :: Chopchurch (n.) An exchanger or an exchange of benefices.

Beneficential :: Beneficential (a.) Relating to beneficence.

Option :: Option (n.) A right formerly belonging to an archbishop to select any one dignity or benefice in the gift of a suffragan bishop consecrated or confirmed by him, for bestowal by himself when next vacant; -- annulled by Parliament in 1845..

Pluralize :: Pluralize (v. i.) To hold more than one benefice at the same time.

Plenarty :: Plenarty (n.) The state of a benefice when occupied.

Impropriation :: Impropriation (n.) A benefice in the hands of a layman, or of a lay corporation..

Archdeaconry :: Archdeaconry (n.) The district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. See Benefice..

Simony :: Simony (n.) The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money or reward.

Collate :: Collate (v. t.) To present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; -- followed by to..

Avowee :: Avowee (n.) The person who has a right to present to a benefice; the patron; an advowee. See Advowson.

Benefit :: Benefit (n.) Beneficence; liberality.

Vicar :: Vicar (n.) The incumbent of an appropriated benefice.

Benefice :: Benefice (n.) An estate in lands; a fief.

Fat :: Fat (superl.) Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job..

Universal :: Universal (a.) Of or pertaining to the universe; extending to, including, or affecting, the whole number, quantity, or space; unlimited; general; all-reaching; all-pervading; as, universal ruin; universal good; universal benevolence or benefice..

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.

Prebend :: Prebend (n.) A payment or stipend; esp., the stipend or maintenance granted to a prebendary out of the estate of a cathedral or collegiate church with which he is connected. See Note under Benefice..

Incumbent :: Incumbent (n.) A person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any office.

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