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benefice

/ben-uh-fis/US // ˈbɛn ə fɪs //UK // (ˈbɛnɪfɪs) //

恩赐,恩惠,恩典,恩泽

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a position or post granted to an ecclesiastic that guarantees a fixed amount of property or income.
    • : the revenue itself.
    • : the equivalent of a fief in the early Middle Ages.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ben·e·ficed, ben·e·fic·ing.

    • : to invest with a benefice or ecclesiastical living.

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Examples

  • Heinsberg had promised a certain benefice to Louis de Bourbon, the Duke's nephew, but gave it to another claimant.

  • In one instance Parker deprived a vicar of his benefice for a denial of the verbal inspiration of the Bible.

  • Having infringed this politic law, he was put in prison, defamed, and driven from his benefice.

  • Advowson, ad-vow′zun, n. the right of patronage or presentation to a church benefice.

  • For six years Jimenes held out, and at length in 1480 Carillo restored him to his benefice.