Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun benefice

1 sense of benefice

Sense 1
benefice, ecclesiastical benefice -- (an endowed church office giving income to its holder)
       => spiritualty, spirituality, church property -- (property or income owned by a church)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb benefice

1 sense of benefice

Sense 1
benefice -- (endow with a benefice)
       => endow, dower -- (furnish with an endowment; "When she got married, she got dowered")