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beneficed

beneficed

9.9
A priest or minister who has a paid church job that gives them income
  • adjective
  • /ˈbɛnɪfɪst/
  • Formal
translation icon : beneficiado
  • The beneficed clergy member received a stable income.

Examples

  • The village church was served by a beneficed priest for over fifty years.

  • Only beneficed clergy could vote in certain church matters at the time.

  • He aspired to be beneficed so he could support his growing family.

  • He is beneficed.

  • Only beneficed clergy could vote in certain church matters at the time.

  • The village church was served by a beneficed priest for over fifty years.

  • The beneficed clergy member received a stable income.

Antonyms

unbeneficed
  • Archaic
9.9

A member of the clergy who has no paid church position

Surface Forms

beneficed positive

Morphology

beneficed = benefice (transparent) = benefice + ed

Formed by adding the adjectival/past-participial -ed to 'benefice' meaning 'having been granted a benefice', which is directly inferable from the base.

Etymology

The word beneficed comes from benefice, from the Latin parts bene- 'well' and facere 'to do', and it shares the same root as benefit. So a beneficed priest is someone who has a 'gift or income' from the church, which is why the word means having a paid church job.