prebend

Meanings

1. A stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral.
2. The property or other source of this endowment.
3. Political patronage employment.
4. A prebendary.

1. To bend in advance.

Etymology

From Middle French prebende, from Medieval Latin prebenda, from Late Latin praebenda, from Latin praebendus, verbal adjective of praebere. Doublet of provender.