prebendary

Meanings

Noun

• An honorary canon of a cathedral or collegiate church.

Adjective

• Pertaining to the office or person of a prebendary; prebendal.
• Of or relating to official positions that are profitable for the incumbent, to the allocation of such positions, or to a system in which such allocation is prevalent.

Origin

• From Medieval Latin praebendārius, from Late Latin praebenda, neuter plural of gerundive of praebeō, from prae- + habeō.