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Ecclesiastical benefice

noun
1.
An endowed church office giving income to its holder.  Synonym: benefice.






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"Ecclesiastical benefice" Quotes from Famous Books



... notified Don Francisco de Baldes to assist in the choir as before, since he was the archdeacon—telling him that his resignation had been invalid, as it had been made through the governor and not through the ordinary, before whom the resignation of any ecclesiastical benefice must be made; but the good man did not heed the archbishop and those who were aiding him. Although it is true, and a matter that has been settled by law, that the resignation from an ecclesiastical benefice in which the incumbent has been canonically installed must be ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXV, 1635-36 • Various



Words linked to "Ecclesiastical benefice" :   spirituality, benefice, church property, sinecure, spiritualty



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