Prēb'end-a-ry, n.

n. [Fr. prébendier, It. prebendario, L. Lat. præbendarius. See supra.] A clergyman attached to a collegiate or cathedral church, who enjoys a prebend in consideration of his officiating at stated times in the church. Hook.

☞ A prebendary differs from a canon in this: the prebendary receives his prebend in consideration of his officiating in the church; the canon has his stipend merely in consequence of his being received into the cathedral or college.