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21 Christianity and/or Biblical vocabulary words
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benefice
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synonyms: preferment, advowson, ~donative ???
tags: [christianity]
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Definition:3. An ecclesiastical living and church preferment, as in the Church of England; a church endowed with a revenue for the maintenance of divine service. See Advowson.Note: All church preferments are called benefices, except bishoprics, which are called dignities. But, ordinarily, the term dignity is applied to bishoprics, deaneries, archdeaconries, and prebendaryships; benefice to parsonages, vicarages, and donatives.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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“They commonly give them,” said the curate, some simple benefice or cure, or some place as sacristan which brings them a good fixed income, not counting the altar fees, which may be reckoned at as much more.”
Miguel de Cervantes. Don Quixote (1615)
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And sometime comes she with a tithe-pig’s tail
Tickling a parson’s nose as ’a lies asleep,
Then he dreams of another benefice.
William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet
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there is no doubt that [the 39 Articles] are both legally and morally binding on the clergy, as they voluntarily submit themselves to them, and declare their full and free belief in them when entering upon the enjoyment of any benefice of the Establishment.
Annie Besant. My Path to Atheism (1885)
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When the benefice was still not forthcoming, the Pope attempted to appease Titian by offering him the Office of the Papal Seals, a post long held by Titian's old comrad and co-worker Sebastiano del Piombo.
Jay Williams. The World of Titian, p.151. Time-Life Books (1968)
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