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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
benefice /ˈbɛnɪfɪs/

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

– derivatives
beneficed adjective.

– origin ME: via OFr. from L. beneficium ‘favour, support’, from bene facere ‘do good (to)’.

'benefice' also found in these Oxford entries:

advowson - annates - canonry - collate - donative - glebe - impropriate - impropriator - incumbent - induct - patron - pluralism - present - presentative - provide - provision - rectory - reservation - vicarage - voidance

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