Of or pertaining to an honorary religious title granted by the state.
Of or relating to official positions that are profitable for the incumbent, to the allocation of such positions, or to a system in which such allocation is prevalent.
“Zeno was intended for the church, and was presented by the pope with the reversion of a rich prebendal stall at Patras.”
“The prebendal stall was never going to occupy a great deal of his time, and Gresley took to writing.”
“Similar phenomena, which promote a guild-like closure of officialdom, are typically found in the patrimonial and, particularly, in prebendal officialdom of the past.”
prebendary
Pertaining to the office or person of a prebendary; prebendal.
Of or relating to official positions that are profitable for the incumbent, to the allocation of such positions, or to a system in which such allocation is prevalent.
prebendated
simple past tense and past participle of prebendate
