"benefice" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /ˌbeː.nəˈfis/, /ˌbeː.neːˈfis/ Audio: Nl-benefice.ogg Forms: benefices [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French bénéfice. Etymology templates: {{bor|nl|fr|bénéfice}} French bénéfice Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-s|-|g2=n}} benefice m or n (plural benefices)
  1. (obsolete) An office, privilege or advantage Tags: masculine, neuter, obsolete
    Sense id: en-benefice-nl-noun-AtQ368Nw Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 87 13
  2. (obsolete) A charitative event or institution. Tags: masculine, neuter, obsolete
    Sense id: en-benefice-nl-noun-HEcBHjmS

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbɛnɪfɪs/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-benefice.wav [Southern-England] Forms: benefices [plural]
Etymology: From Old French benefice, from Latin beneficium. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|benefice}} Old French benefice, {{uder|en|la|beneficium}} Latin beneficium Head templates: {{en-noun}} benefice (plural benefices)
  1. Land granted to a priest in a church that has a source of income attached to it. Translations (land granted to a priest): pappilan maat (Finnish), beneficjum [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-benefice-en-noun-ciuOdcCw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Old French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 5 18 6 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 61 8 21 10 Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 5 1 38 2 4 1 3 26 15 5 0 Disambiguation of 'land granted to a priest': 88 2 10
  2. (obsolete) A favour or benefit. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-benefice-en-noun-D5ruI5Hi
  3. (feudal law) An estate in lands; a fief.
    Sense id: en-benefice-en-noun-r7DQml3B
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (in feudal law): beneficjum [neuter] (Polish)
Disambiguation of 'in feudal law': 44 7 49

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈbɛnɪfɪs/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-benefice.wav [Southern-England] Forms: benefices [present, singular, third-person], beneficing [participle, present], beneficed [participle, past], beneficed [past]
Etymology: From Old French benefice, from Latin beneficium. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|benefice}} Old French benefice, {{uder|en|la|beneficium}} Latin beneficium Head templates: {{en-verb}} benefice (third-person singular simple present benefices, present participle beneficing, simple past and past participle beneficed)
  1. To bestow a benefice upon
    Sense id: en-benefice-en-verb-F~elaYxH

Adjective [Latin]

Head templates: {{head|la|adjective form}} benefice
  1. vocative masculine singular of beneficus Tags: form-of, masculine, singular, vocative Form of: beneficus
    Sense id: en-benefice-la-adj-kYmwVn8t
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Adverb [Latin]

IPA: /beˈne.fi.keː/ [Classical], [bɛˈnɛfɪkeː] [Classical], /beˈne.fi.t͡ʃe/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [beˈnɛːfit͡ʃe] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: beneficē [canonical], beneficius [comparative]
Etymology: From beneficus (“beneficent, generous”) + -ē. Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|beneficus|ē|gloss1=beneficent, generous}} beneficus (“beneficent, generous”) + -ē Head templates: {{la-adv|beneficē|beneficius|-}} beneficē (comparative beneficius, no superlative)
  1. beneficently Tags: no-superlative
    Sense id: en-benefice-la-adv-cB5LVIuo Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -e Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Old French]

Forms: benefice oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], benefices [oblique, plural], benefices [nominative, singular], benefice [nominative, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin beneficium. Etymology templates: {{bor|fro|la|beneficium}} Latin beneficium Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} benefice oblique singular, m (oblique plural benefices, nominative singular benefices, nominative plural benefice)
  1. (ecclesiastical) benefice
    Sense id: en-benefice-fro-noun-y-M8PcAL Topics: ecclesiastical, lifestyle, religion
  2. favour, advantage
    Sense id: en-benefice-fro-noun-59AqysN8
  3. benefit
    Sense id: en-benefice-fro-noun-6XRpYZwN

Inflected forms

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