a cathedral benefice; normally consisting of the revenue from one manor of the cathedral estates which furnished a living for one cathedral canon, or prebendary
the stipend or maintenance granted to a prebendary out of the estate of a cathedral or collegiate church with which he is connected
meaning a clergyman attached to a prebendal stall, is a vulgarism The prebend is the stipend given out of the revenues of the college or cathedral, he who enjoys the prebend is the prebendary (Latin, Præbeo, to give )