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Pronunciation / Transliteration: jiào jī
"他依靠教会的俸禄维持生计。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A stipend granted to a member of a cathedral or collegiate chapter out of its revenues.
"The elderly clergyman lived comfortably on his traditional prebend." - 2
The land or estate yielding the revenue that forms this stipend.
"The historic prebend included several acres of fertile farmland adjacent to the cathedral town."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Medieval Latin word 'praebenda', meaning 'things to be supplied', from the Latin verb 'praebere', meaning 'to provide' or 'furnish'. Historically, it evolved in ecclesiastical contexts to denote the stipend or portion of cathedral revenues granted to a canon or member of a chapter for their support.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Prebend" is said worldwide
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prébende
Transliteration: prebânde
"Il recevait les revenus d'une prébende ecclésiastique."
Pfründe
Transliteration: Pfründe
"Er sicherte sich eine lukrative Pfründe am Dom."
prebenda
Transliteration: prebenda
"La prebenda garantiva il sostentamento del canonico."
prebenda
Transliteration: prebenda
"Obtuvo una prebenda gracias a sus influencias en la iglesia."
prebenda
Transliteration: prebenda
"A prebenda assegurava o sustento do cônego."
प्रीबेंड
Transliteration: pribend
"यह गिरजाघर से मिलने वाला एक पारिश्रमिक था।"
教基
Transliteration: jiào jī
"他依靠教会的俸禄维持生计。"
성직록
Transliteration: seongjingnok
"그는 성직록에서 나오는 수입으로 생활했다."
聖職禄
Transliteration: seishokuroku
"彼は大聖堂からの聖職禄を受け取っていた。"
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