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Benefice
01
an endowed church office giving income to its holder
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
benefices
to benefice
01
a job in the Church that comes with property and money in exchange for looking after the people
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
benefice
3rd person singular
benefices
Present participle
beneficing
Past simple
beneficed
Past participle
beneficed
Examples
John received a benefice, so now he lives in the church house and gets paid for his duties.
