benefice
pronunciation
How to pronounce benefice in British English:
UK [ˈbenɪfɪs]
How to pronounce benefice in American English:
US [ˈbɛnəfɪs]
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- Noun:
- an endowed church office giving income to its holder
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- Verb:
- endow with a benefice
Word Origin
- benefice (n.)
- c. 1300, "a church living," from Old French benefice (13c.) and directly from Latin beneficium "a favor, service, generosity, kindness, benefit," from beneficus "generous, kind, benevolent, obliging," from bene- "good, well" (see bene-) + -ficus, from stem of -ficere, unstressed form of facere "to do, to make" (see factitious).
Example
- 1. Having or arising from a benefice .
- 2. The church instituted the young man into a benefice .
- 3. To hold more than one position or benefice at one time .
- 4. A benefice you favor your mother , eh ?
- 5. A benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached .