BENEFICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does benefice mean? 

• BENEFICE (noun)
  The noun BENEFICE has 1 sense:

1. an endowed church office giving income to its holder

  Familiarity information: BENEFICE used as a noun is very rare.

• BENEFICE (verb)
  The verb BENEFICE has 1 sense:

1. endow with a benefice

  Familiarity information: BENEFICE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BENEFICE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An endowed church office giving income to its holder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

benefice; ecclesiastical benefice

Hypernyms ("benefice" is a kind of...):

church property; spirituality; spiritualty (property or income owned by a church)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "benefice"):

sinecure (a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached)

Derivation:

benefice (endow with a benefice)

beneficiary (having or arising from a benefice)

• BENEFICE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they benefice    ... he / she / it benefices   
Past simple: beneficed   
Past participle: beneficed   
-ing form: beneficing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Endow with a benefice

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "benefice" is one way to...):

dower; endow (furnish with an endowment)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody with something

Derivation:

benefice (an endowed church office giving income to its holder)

beneficiary (the recipient of funds or other benefits)