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

(transitive) To bend in advance.

plural of prebend

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prebend

Of or pertaining to a prebend; prebendary. / (of an office) Having an associated prebend. / Of or pertaining to an honorary religious title granted by the state.

A system of political patronage employment.

simple past tense and past participle of prebendate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prebendate

present participle of prebendate

(obsolete) To invest with the office of prebendary; to present to a prebend.