benefice
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The benefice of Middleton was merged with neighbouring Great Henny.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2023
The church, she says, is one of 15 in the benefice.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2023
Its marble lions gaze out with dignity over trash and traffic alike, and the lofty portico proclaims the institution's origins in the heady days of 19th century hope and public benefice.
From Time Magazine Archive
That it has taken the House until 1970 to bestow such a benefice on the electorate is a commentary in itself.
From Time Magazine Archive
The territorial element was the benefice, or fief, granted to the vassal by the lord to be used on certain conditions by the former while the title to it remained with the latter.
From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Frederic Austin Ogg
Some tycoons have crafted named benefices: the Broad and David Geffen foundations, for example.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2025
Through the appointment of bishops, deans and through the patronage of many benefices, it would be possible for the State to control the Church for its own purposes..
From Time Magazine Archive
Nearly 2,600 are benefices controlled by Anglican laymen as private patrons.
From Time Magazine Archive
By signing the Act of Separation, 474 clergymen and professors surrendered the benefices they held under the Establishment.
From Time Magazine Archive
During the great rebellion he suffered much for his loyalty, and was deprived of all his benefices, and all the church lands were sequestered; but, however, he was restored to all in 1660.
From A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation by Robert Williams
Over this Rural Deanery some beneficed clergyman, usually appointed by the Bishop, presides.
From The Church Handy Dictionary by Anonymous
These chosen clergy are called proctors, and are elected by the votes of the beneficed clergy.
From The Church Handy Dictionary by Anonymous
In that year, to judge by the Diocesan records, no less than eighty-five per cent. of the beneficed clergy were swept away, which implies a corresponding mortality amongst other classes.
From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Edward Conybeare
The village of Quiapo, which lies on the other side of the river, is administered by the said beneficed secular.
He was a beneficed clergyman and a man of wealth, so that he could not have lied for money even if Pope had been willing to bribe him.
From The Age of Pope (1700-1744) by John Dennis
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