prebend
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prebend¹
- /ˈprɛbənd/
Where it comes from
From Middle French prebende, from Medieval Latin prebenda, from Late Latin praebenda, from Latin praebendus, verbal adjective of praebere. Doublet of provender.
noun prebends
- A stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral.
- The property or other source of this endowment. He is said to have added prebends to Southwell; it is more probable that he gave estates to the church which were afterwards made into separate prebends.
- Political patronage employment.
- A prebendary. c. 1593, Francis Bacon, letter to Sir Thomas Coneysby a lease of the prebend of Withington
prebend²
- /priˈbɛnd/
verb prebends · prebending · prebent
- To bend in advance. For large and/or dense bones compression plate fixation achieves absolute stability but the fragments have to be in contact remote to the plate by prebending the plate.
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Talk about this word "prebend." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/prebend. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. prebend. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/prebend "prebend." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/prebend.Cite this
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title = {prebend},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/prebend},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
