benefice

== English == === Etymology === From Old French benefice, from Latin beneficium. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɛnɪfɪs/ === Noun === benefice (plural benefices) Land granted to a priest in a church that has a source of income attached to it. Hyponym: glebe farm (obsolete) A favour or benefit. (feudal law) An estate in lands; a fief. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Verb === benefice (third-person singular simple present benefices, present participle beneficing, simple past and past participle beneficed) To bestow a benefice upon == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French bénéfice. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌbeː.nəˈfis/, /ˌbeː.neːˈfis/ Hyphenation: be‧ne‧fice === Noun === benefice m or n (plural benefices, no diminutive) (obsolete) an office, privilege or advantage (obsolete) a charitable event or institution == Latin == === Etymology 1 === From beneficus (“beneficent, generous”) +‎ -ē. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɛˈnɛ.fɪ.keː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [beˈnɛː.fi.t͡ʃe] ==== Adverb ==== beneficē (comparative beneficius, no superlative) beneficently === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== benefice vocative masculine singular of beneficus === References === “benefice”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “benefice”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Old French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin beneficium. === Noun === benefice oblique singular, m (oblique plural benefices, nominative singular benefices, nominative plural benefice) (ecclesiastical) benefice favour, advantage benefit