"benefice" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɛnɪfɪs/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-benefice.wav 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, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations 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: 8 1 36 3 6 2 5 28 3 7 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 63 10 15 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 55 12 16 16 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. Translations (in feudal law): beneficjum [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-benefice-en-noun-r7DQml3B Disambiguation of 'in feudal law': 34 9 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: beneficeless

Verb

IPA: /ˈbɛnɪfɪs/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-benefice.wav 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

Inflected forms

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