Associations to the word «Prebend»

Wiktionary

PREBEND, noun. (obsolete) A stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral.
PREBEND, noun. (obsolete) The property or other source of this endowment.
PREBEND, noun. Political patronage employment.
PREBEND, noun. (obsolete) A prebendary.

Dictionary definition

PREBEND, noun. The stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley