prebenda

Borrowed from Late Latin praebenda, from Latin praebendus. Compare the doublet profenda.

prebenda f (plural prebende)

1. prebend
   • 1980, Umberto Eco, “Primo giorno - Sesta”, in Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose] (I grandi tascabili), Milan: Bompiani, published 1984, page 62:

     [F]arisei, sepolcri imbiancati, pronti a vendersi per una prebenda, ma erano presi dal dubbio.

     Pharisees, whitewashed sepulchres, ready to sell themselves for a prebend, but they felt doubtful.

• prebendato

prēbenda

1. inflection of prēbendus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

prēbendā

1. ablative feminine singular of prēbendus

Borrowed from German Präbende, from French prébende, from Ecclesiastical Latin praebenda, from Latin praebeō.

• IPA^(key): /prɛˈbɛn.da/
• Rhymes: -ɛnda
• Syllabification: pre‧ben‧da

prebenda f

1. (historical, Roman Catholicism) prebend (stipend paid to a canon)

• prebenda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• prebenda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Late Latin praebenda, from Latin praebendus.

prebenda f (plural prebendas)

1. prebend, prebendary
2. sinecure

prebenda

1. inflection of prebendar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “prebenda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014