A stipend, revenue, or estate, esp. one granted to a cathedral canon or member of the chapter; = prebend, n. 1. Obsolete.

= prebend, n. 1. Obsolete (historical in later use).

= prebend, n. 1. Cf. provender, n.1 1.

Chiefly in legal contexts: = prebend, n. 1. Cf. provender, n.1 1, prebendry, n.

The portion of the revenues of a cathedral or collegiate church granted to a canon or member of the chapter as his stipend. Also (quot. 1504) in…

a stall in a cathedral for the use of a prebendary; (also) the benefice of a prebendary.