noun
- a clergyman who receives a prebend (a stipend from cathedral or collegiate church revenues)
Usage: ecclesiastical
Examples
- The prebendary was responsible for conducting services at the cathedral.
- He was appointed as a prebendary of Westminster Abbey.
- The prebendary received his income from church lands.
- Several prebendaries attended the diocesan meeting.
- The position of prebendary came with both duties and privileges.
- She studied the role of prebendaries in medieval church hierarchy.