beneficed


From the verb benefice: (⇒ conjugate)
beneficed is: Click the infinitive to see all available inflections
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ben•e•fice  (benə fis),USA pronunciation n., v., -ficed, -fic•ing. 
n. 
  1. a position or post granted to an ecclesiastic that guarantees a fixed amount of property or income.
  2. the revenue itself.
  3. Medieval History, World Historythe equivalent of a fief in the early Middle Ages.

v.t. 
  1. to invest with a benefice or ecclesiastical living.
  • Latin beneficium service, kindness (benefic(us) benefic + -ium -ium)
  • Middle French
  • Middle English 1300–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
benefice /ˈbɛnɪfɪs/ n
  1. an endowed Church office yielding an income to its holder; a Church living
  2. the property or revenue attached to such an office
  3. (in feudal society) a tenement (piece of land) held by a vassal from a landowner on easy terms or free, esp in return for military support
    See also vassalage
vb
  1. (transitive) to provide with a benefice
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French, from Latin beneficium benefit, from beneficus, from bene well + facere to do

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