PREB'END, noun [Latin proebeo, to afford, to allow.] 1. The stipend or maintenance granted out of the estate of a cathedral or collegiate church. Prebends are simple or dignitary; simple, when they are restricted to the revenue only, and dignitary, when they have jurisdiction annexed to them. 2. A prebendary. [Not in use.]
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