meaning of benefice
1. A favor or benefit.
2. An estate in lands; a fief.
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.
4. To endow with a benefice.
5. an endowed church office giving income to its holder
Related Words
benefice | beneficed | beneficeless | beneficence | beneficent | beneficential | beneficently |
