Prĕs'ti-mo-ny, n.

n. [L. Lat. præstimonium, from Lat. præstare, to furnish, supply; Fr. prestimonie, Sp. & Pg. prestimonio, It. prestimonia. See PREST, n.] (Canon Law.) A fund for the support of a priest, appropriated by the founder, but not erected into any title of benefice, and not subject to the pope or the ordinary, but of which the patron is the collator.