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PREBENDARY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prebendary mean?
• PREBENDARY (noun)
The noun PREBENDARY has 1 sense:
1. a canon who receives a prebend for serving the church
Familiarity information: PREBENDARY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A canon who receives a prebend for serving the church
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("prebendary" is a kind of...):
canon (a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter)
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