prebend

Meanings

Noun

• A stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral.
• The property or other source of this endowment.
• Political patronage employment.
• A prebendary.

Verb

• To bend in advance.

Origin

• From Middle French prebende, from Medieval Latin prebenda, from Late Latin praebenda, from Latin praebendus, verbal adjective of praebere. provender.
• pre- + bend