beneficed

beneficed

English

Verb

beneficed

1. simple past tense and past participle of benefice

Adjective

beneficed (not comparable)

1. (Christianity) Having a benefice
   • 1842, James Fenimore Cooper, The Two Admirals‎:

     Sir Wycherly was not a hard drinker, like Dutton; but he was a fair drinker, like Mr. Rotherham, and most of the beneficed clergy of that day.

   • 1903, Edited by Professor Arber and Thomas Seccombe, An English Garner‎:

     I shall now look on them as beneficed, and consider their preaching.