noun1. the stipend assigned by a cathedral or collegiate church to a canon or member of the chapter
2. the land, tithe, or other source of such a stipend
3. a less common word for prebendary
4. Church of England the office, formerly with an endowment, of a prebendary
Word origin
C15: from Old French
prébende, from Medieval Latin
praebenda pension, stipend, from Latin
praebēre to offer, supply, from
prae forth +
habēre to have, offer