prebend
/ˈprɛbənd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "He is said to have added prebends to Southwell; it is more probable that he gave estates to the church which were afterwards made into separate prebends."
- "c. 1593, Francis Bacon, letter to Sir Thomas Coneysby a lease of the prebend of Withington"
- "For large and/or dense bones compression plate fixation achieves absolute stability but the fragments have to be in contact remote to the plate by prebending the plate."
Etymology
From Middle French prebende, from Medieval Latin prebenda, from Late Latin praebenda, from Latin praebendus, verbal adjective of praebere. Doublet of provender.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: prebende, -, praebendus