Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prebendary"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prebendary \Preb"en*da*ry\ (pr[e^]b"[e^]n*d[asl]*r[y^]), n. [LL.
praebendarius: cf. F. pr['e]bendaire. See {Prebend}.]
1. A clergyman attached to a collegiate or cathedral church
who enjoys a prebend in consideration of his officiating
at stated times in the church. See {Note} under
{Benefice}, n., 3. --Hook.
2. A prebendaryship. [Obs.] --Bailey.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
prebendary
n : a canon who receives a prebend for serving the church
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