benefice

Example Sentences

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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

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

Besides the sippin' and the stars, Austin happens to have one of the lowest costs of living of any metropolitan area in the nation, a benefice not lost on University of Texas graduates.

From Time Magazine Archive

How could he tell her that he declined the benefice she had got him, and declined it for the sake of that, which at his age she had despised and sacrificed so lightly?

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles