prebendaryshipn.
/ˈprɛb(ə)nd(ə)rɪʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈprɛb(ə)nˌdɛriˌʃɪp/ The office or benefice of a prebendary; a prebend.
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1545 T. Phaer Newe Boke of Presidentes (new ed.) f. vv Ful & hole collacion of such canonshyp & prebendaryshyp [L. prebende] for the fyrst & nexte aduoidaunce of the same only.
a1639 H. Wotton Let. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 490 My Lords Grace of Canterbury hath this week sent hither to Mr. Hales very nobly a Prebendaryship of Windsor unexpected, undesired.
1769 J. Hall-Stevenson Yorick's Sentimental Journey Continued III. Pref. p. xiii The acquaintance he now made, added to his former connections, procured him a Prebendaryship in York Cathedral.
1835 Times 29 Jan. 2/2 The Prebendaryship of Westminster Abbey vacant by the death of the Rev. Evelyn Sutton is worth about 1,400..per annum.
1875 F. Arnold Our Bishops & Deans I. iii. 146 Dr. Shute Barrington..gave him a prebendaryship.
1951 G. Brenan Lit. Spanish People 224 In 1611, he gave up..his prebendaryship.
1994 Church Times 10 June 13/1 John Cosin became well-known as a leading high-churchman during his prebendaryship of Durham Cathedral.
2005 C. Coppens et al. Leuven Univ. Libr. 52 In 1711 Snellaerts had exchanged his post as canon at Saint Bavo's cathedral in Ghent for a canonical prebendaryship in Antwerp.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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