benefice
Clergy income post
A benefice is a church position that comes with income, typically from property or endowments attached to the office.
Historically, a priest holding a benefice received revenue from parish lands in exchange for spiritual duties.
The term belongs mostly to historical and ecclesiastical contexts: The bishop granted him the benefice of St. Mary's.
Parish clergy chief
- vicarClergy substitute for bishop
- parsonProtestant parish minister
- curateSelect and present thoughtfully
- parishLocal church community
diocese · bishop · archdeacon · canon · living · glebe · tithe · incumbent
Holding an official position
- termFixed period or word
- possessionState of owning
- holdingMaintaining physical possession
- appointmentScheduled time for something
office · installation · induction · vacancy · succession · resignation · deprivation · sequestration
Regular supporter or customer
- sponsorFunder of activities
- presentationFormal display to viewers
- appointmentScheduled time for something
- nominationFormal candidate selection
gift · collation · lord · landowner · crown · laity · right · privilege
rector
Parish clergy chief
- vicarClergy substitute for bishop
- parsonProtestant parish minister
- curateSelect and present thoughtfully
parish · diocese · bishop · archdeacon · canon · living · glebe · tithe · incumbent · preferment
incumbency
Holding an official position
- termFixed period or word
- possessionState of owning
- holdingMaintaining physical possession
appointment · office · installation · induction · vacancy · succession · resignation · deprivation · sequestration · lapse
patron
Regular supporter or customer
- sponsorFunder of activities
- presentationFormal display to viewers
- appointmentScheduled time for something
nomination · gift · collation · lord · landowner · crown · laity · right · privilege · bestowal
bequest
Gift left by will
foundation · patrimony · gift · endowment · trust · revenue · income · lands · property · estate
- Catholic ChurchVatican, papacy, cardinals, popes, papal
- feudalismfief, vassal, fealty, homage, lord
- feudal landsfief, fiefdom, demesne, manor, barony
- Anglican ChurchAnglicanism, bishop, Archbishop of Canterbury, Church of England, parish
- AnglicanismBook of Common Prayer, archbishops, Archbishop of Canterbury, Canterbury, Anglicans
- beneficesliving, rectory, vicarage, curacy, incumbency
beneficesinecure
Paid position requiring nothing
mendicancy · poverty · begging · want
- benefit of the doubtFavorable judgment amid uncertainty
- child benefitState payment per dependent
- beneficial bacteriaHealth-promoting microorganisms
- benefit fraudIllegally obtaining public assistance
- beneficial ownershipWho truly holds assets
- benefit concertEvent raising funds through music
benefit, beneficial, beneficiary, beneficent, beneficence, beneficiaries