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OP From Harvard Classics, life of John Donne
"Most of his old age was spent with his friend,
George Morley, Bishop of Winchester, and with his daughter
Anne, the wife of William Hawkins, a prebendary of Winchester."
prebend
n.
5ME prebende < MFr < ML(Ec) prebenda < LL praebenda, state support to a private person < neut. pl. ger. of L praebere, to grant < prae3, before + habere, to have6
1 the part of the revenues of a cathedral or collegiate church paid as a clergyman‘s salary
2 the property or tax that yields such revenue
3 PREBENDARY
pre[ben[dal 7prc ben4d!l, pri38
adj.
prebendary
n.,
pl. 3dar#ies 5ME prebendarie < ML praebendarius6
1 a person receiving a prebend
2 Ch. of England an honorary canon with only the title of a prebend
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted prebendary wwh 04/20/03 01:40 PM Re: prebendary of troy 04/21/03 12:29 PM Re: prebendary wwh 04/21/03 02:06 PM
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