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Noun: ecclesiastical benefice
  1. An endowed church office giving income to its holder
    "The priest was granted an ecclesiastical benefice in the rural parish";
    - benefice

Derived forms: ecclesiastical benefices

Type of: church property, spirituality, spiritualty [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Ecclesiastical benefice