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Definitions for Benefice

[1] a position or post granted to an ecclesiastic that guarantees a fixed amount of property or income.
[2] the revenue itself.
[3] the equivalent of a fief in the early Middle Ages.
[4] to invest with a benefice or ecclesiastical living.
[5] Christianity an endowed Church office yielding an income to its holder; a Church living
[6] the property or revenue attached to such an office
[7] (in feudal society) a tenement (piece of land) held by a vassal from a landowner on easy terms or free, esp in return for military support See also vassalage
[8] (tr) to provide with a benefice

Words related to Benefice

district, bishopric, jurisdiction, see, prelacy, episcopate, parsonage, vicarage, manse, presbytery

Words nearby Benefice

benefactive, benefactor, benefactress, benefactrix, benefic, benefice, beneficence, beneficent, beneficial, beneficiary, beneficiate

Origin of Benefice

1300–50; Middle English < Middle French < Latin beneficium service, kindness (benefic(us ) benefic + -ium -ium)

Other words from Benefice

non·ben·e·ficed , adjective
un·ben·e·ficed , adjective

Word origin for Benefice

C14: from Old French, from Latin beneficium benefit, from beneficus , from bene well + facere to do

Synonyms for Benefice

district, bishopric, episcopate, jurisdiction, prelacy, see