Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of benefice
adjectivebeneficed (not comparable)
- not comparableChristianityHaving a benefice
a lewde curate, A parson benyfyced But nothynge well advysed.
c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines 35–372 more examples
Sir Wycherly was not a hard drinker, like Dutton; but he was a fair drinker, like Mr. Rotherham, and most of the beneficed clergy of that day.
1842, James Fenimore Cooper, The Two AdmiralsI shall now look on them as beneficed, and consider their preaching.
1903, Edited by Professor Arber and Thomas Seccombe, An English Garner
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving a benefice
Opposite
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