obenza
Galician
Alternative forms
- benza
Etymology
13th century (oveença). From Latin oboedientia (“obedience”). Doublet of obediencia.
Noun
obenza f (plural obenzas)
- vice, bad habit
- Synonyms: vezo, vicio
- (archaic) tenure (status of having a permanent post)
- (historical) each job, position or profession in a late medieval Galician monastery, together with its assigned incomes and rents
Derived terms
- obenceiro
- obenzal
References
- “ovenza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “oveença” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “obenza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “benza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.