prebenda
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin praebenda, from Latin praebendus. Compare the doublet profenda.
Noun
prebenda f (plural prebende)
- 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.
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Related terms
- prebendato
Latin
Participle
prēbenda
- inflection of prēbendus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Participle
prēbendā
- ablative feminine singular of prēbendus
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Präbende, from French prébende, from Ecclesiastical Latin praebenda, from Latin praebeō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prɛˈbɛn.da/
- Rhymes: -ɛnda
- Syllabification: pre‧ben‧da
Noun
prebenda f
- (historical, Roman Catholicism) prebend (stipend paid to a canon)
Declension
Declension of prebenda
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prebenda | prebendy |
| genitive | prebendy | prebend |
| dative | prebendzie | prebendom |
| accusative | prebendę | prebendy |
| instrumental | prebendą | prebendami |
| locative | prebendzie | prebendach |
| vocative | prebendo | prebendy |
Derived terms
noun
- prebendarz
Further reading
- prebenda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- prebenda in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin praebenda, from Latin praebendus.
Noun
prebenda f (plural prebendas)
- prebend, prebendary
- sinecure
Verb
prebenda
- inflection of prebendar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “prebenda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014