† ˈprebender Obs.
[A parallel form of prebendar, prebendary: perh. ad. F. prébendier (1365 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
= prebendary n. 1.
| 1556 Chron. Gr. Friars (Camden) 91 The kynge and the qwene..came in London,..and soo to Powlles; and there was goodly resevyd of the byshopp wyth the prebenders and the holi qweer of Powlles. 1583 T. Stocker Civ. Warres Lowe C. iv. 6 The Cloysterers, and suche other like Churche men..and their Associates, professed, or Prebenders. |