ECCLESIASTICAL BENEFICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ecclesiastical benefice mean? 

• ECCLESIASTICAL BENEFICE (noun)
  The noun ECCLESIASTICAL BENEFICE has 1 sense:

1. an endowed church office giving income to its holder

  Familiarity information: ECCLESIASTICAL BENEFICE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ECCLESIASTICAL BENEFICE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An endowed church office giving income to its holder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

benefice; ecclesiastical benefice

Hypernyms ("ecclesiastical benefice" is a kind of...):

church property; spirituality; spiritualty (property or income owned by a church)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ecclesiastical benefice"):

sinecure (a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached)