Definitionn. an endowed church office giving income to its holder
Last update: August 9, 2015
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Payment of income to priests is the responsibility of the benefice. [Please select]
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On his return to Spain, Moratin was tonsured and presented to a sinecure benefice in the diocese of Burgos, and in 1786 his first play, ET Viejo y la nina, was produced at the Teatro del Principe. [Please select]
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"Now if they took my benefice from me again." [Please select]
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Dunstan in the West, and another benefice fell to Dr. [Please select]
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The patronage of the vacant benefice is in the gift of the Earl of Seafield. [Please select]
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He was one of those Who, undeprived, their benefice forsook. [Please select]
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"Bless me, laddie," she said, "to see your face shining a body would say that somebody had left ye a legacy or bought ye a benefice instead of taking your church frae ye." [Please select]
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