benefice /ˈbɛnɪfɪs/noun 3verb 1forms 3 noun3 •Land granted to a priest in a church that has a source of income attached to it.If after long expectation, much expense, travel, earnest suit of ourselves and friends, we obtain a small benefice at last, our misery begins afresh […] — 1624 •An estate in lands; a fief. •(no longer used) A favour or benefit. verb1 •To bestow a benefice uponThere are two volumes, "The Open Door for Man's approach to God" (London, 1650) and "A Consideration of Infant Baptism" (London, 1653), by John Horne, who was beneficed at All Hallows, King's Lynn. — 1917 formsbeneficed · beneficing · benefices
