benefice

Meaning of benefice

noun

a permanent Church appointment, typically that of a rector or vicar, for which property and income are provided in respect of pastoral duties.

Middle English: via Old French from Latin beneficium ‘favour, support’, from bene ‘well’ + facere ‘do’.

Information about benefice

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of benefice is: benefices.
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Hyphenation of benefice

benefice

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
  • benefice is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Words that rhyme with benefice

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