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Webster 1913 Edition

Prestimony

Pres′ti-mo-ny

,
Noun.
[LL.
praestimonium
, fr. L.
praestare
to furnish, supply: cf. F.
prestimonie
. See
Prest
,
Noun.
]
(Canon Law)
A fund for the support of a priest, without the title of a benefice. The patron in the collator.

Webster 1828 Edition

Prestimony

PRES'TIMONY

,
Noun.
[L. proesto, to supply; proe and sto.] In canon law, a fund for the support of a priest, appropriated by the founder, but not erected into any title of benefice, and not subject to the pope or the ordinary, but of which the patron is the collator.
But in a Spanish dictionary_webster1828 thus defined, 'a prebend for the maintenance of poor clergymen, on condition of their saying prayers at certain stated times.

Definition 2024

prestimony

prestimony

English

Noun

prestimony ‎(plural prestimonies)

  1. A fund for the support of a priest, without the title of a benefice.

Etymology

Latin praestimonium, from praestare to furnish, supply: compare French prestimonie. See prest (noun).

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