prebendship

English

Etymology

From prebend +‎ -ship.

Noun

prebendship (plural prebendships)

1. (obsolete) A prebendaryship.
   • 1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC:

     every one of them should confer one prebendship on the same foundation

References

“prebendship”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.