obenza

== Galician == === Alternative forms === benza === Etymology === 13th century (oveença). From Latin oboedientia (“obedience”). Doublet of obediencia. === Noun === obenza f (plural obenzas) vice, bad habit Synonyms: vezo, vicio (archaic) tenure (status of having a permanent post) (historical) each job, position or profession in a late medieval Galician monastery, together with its assigned incomes and rents ==== Derived terms ==== obenceiro obenzal === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ovenza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega “oveença” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016. Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “obenza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “benza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN