prebend

English

Etymology 1

From Middle French prebende, from Medieval Latin prebenda, from Late Latin praebenda, from Latin praebendus, verbal adjective of praebere. Doublet of provender.

Noun

prebend (plural prebends)

(obsolete) A stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral.
(obsolete) The property or other source of this endowment.
- 1885, William Hunt, Aldred (d.1069), article in Leslie Stephen (editor) Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 1,
  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.
(obsolete) A prebendary.
- c. 1593, Francis Bacon, letter to Sir Thomas Coneysby
  a lease of the prebend of Withington

Derived terms

prebendal

Related terms

prebendalism
prebendary

Translations

stipend paid to a canon

Dutch: prebende (nl) f
French: prébende (fr) f
German: Pfründe (de) f, Präbende (de) f
Italian: prebenda (it) f
Polish: prebenda (pl) f
Spanish: prebenda (es) f
Ukrainian: пребенда f (prebenda)

Etymology 2

pre- +‎ bend

Verb

prebend (third-person singular simple present prebends, present participle prebending, simple past and past participle prebent)

(transitive) To bend in advance.
- 2006, Michael Wagner, Robert Frigg, AO Manual of Fracture Management: Internal Fixators (page 14)
  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.

Anagrams

perbend