Prebend
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
The stipend or allowance for support granted to an ecclesiastic of a certain class connected with a cathedral, to enable him to perform his part in the church services. The word is sometimes, but improperly, applied to the priest receiving the stipend; properly, he is the prebendary. A simple prebend is merely a revenue; a prebend with dignity has some jurisdiction attached to it. The terra prebend is generally confounded with canonicate; but there is a difference between them. The former is the stipend granted to an ecclesiastic in consideration of his officiating and serving in the church; whereas the canonicate is a mere title or spiritual quality, which may exist independently of any stipend.
Wharton. Prebendary.
An ecclesiastic connected with a cathedral, and enjoying a fixed allowance or stipend from its revenues, in consideration of his part in the services.
By Stat. 3 & 4 Vict. ch.
113, prebendaries are such canons as have prebends or stipends for their maintenance.
2 Steph. Com. 674, note; 3 Id. 14, note.