Benefice

n.	1.
	1.	A favor or benefit.
	2.	(Feudal Law) An estate in lands; a fief.
	3.	An ecclesiastical living and church preferment, as in the Church of England; a church endowed with a revenue for the maintenance of divine service. See Advowson.
v. t.	1.	To endow with a benefice. [imp. & p. p. Beneficed.]

Noun	1.	benefice - an endowed church office giving income to its holder Synonyms: ecclesiastical benefice
Verb	1.	benefice - endow with a benefice

BENEFICE, eccles. law. In its most extended sense, any ecclesiastical preferment or dignity; but in its more limited sense, it is applied only to rectories and vicarages.

beneficiary, donee, dower, ecclesiastical benefice, endow