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Webster 1913 Edition

Prebendary

Preb′en-da-ry

(prĕb′ĕn-dā̍-ry̆)
,
Noun.
[LL.
praebendarius
: cf. F.
prébendaire
. See
Prebend
.]
1.
A clergyman attached to a collegiate or cathedral church who enjoys a prebend in consideration of his officiating at stated times in the church. See
Note
under
Benefice
,
Noun.
, 3.
Hook.
2.
A prebendaryship.
[Obs.]
Bailey.

Webster 1828 Edition

Prebendary

PREB'ENDARY

,
Noun.
An ecclesiastic who enjoys a prebend; the stipendiary of a cathedral church.
A prebendary differs from a canon in this; the prebendary receives his prebend in consideration of his officiating in the church; the canon merely in consequence of his being received into the cathedral or college.

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