Word · Frequency #28659
benefice
有俸圣职；圣俸
核心释义
an endowed church office providing income to its holder
- 1.
教会授予牧师并附带收入来源的土地。
Land granted to a priest in a church that has a source of income attached to it.
- 2.
地产；封地。
An estate in lands; a fief.
教会授予牧师并附带收入来源的土地。；地产；封地。；圣职人员的财产；圣俸；有俸圣职
用法In use
The young priest was appointed to a benefice in a small village.
用法提示：benefice 为名词，表示‘有俸圣职’。
He used the income from his benefice to support the local school.
用法提示：benefice 为名词，此处指‘圣俸’这份收入来源。
Many medieval clergy depended on their benefices for a living.
用法提示：benefices 是 benefice 的复数形式，仍作名词，指‘有俸圣职’。
a benefice
benefice 是可数名词，指有俸圣职或圣俸。
He was given a benefice in a small parish.
他在一个小堂区获得了一份有俸圣职。
the benefice of [place]
用 of 引出该圣职所属的堂区或教会。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- hold a benefice
- 担任有俸圣职
- In the eighteenth century, a clergyman might hold a benefice without ever visiting the parish.在十八世纪，神职人员可能担任有俸圣职，却从未去过那个教区。
- ecclesiastical benefice
- 教会有俸圣职
- The bishop had the power to appoint priests to ecclesiastical benefices.主教有权任命牧师充任教会有俸圣职。
- vacant benefice
- 空缺的有俸圣职
- The diocese tried to fill the vacant benefice quickly.教区设法迅速填补空缺的有俸圣职。
- confer a benefice
- 授予有俸圣职
- The patron had the right to confer the benefice on a suitable priest.圣职推荐人有权把有俸圣职授予合适的牧师。
- beneficed clergy
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 benefice 联想成 benefit（利益）：牧师从教会职位享受到的‘利益’就是圣俸，记住 fice 像 fit，职位合适便有俸禄。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：church history、ecclesiastical law、historical documents 这个词通常用于正式或历史语境，比较常见于教会史或教规文本中，日常英语很少用到。动词用法也不常见。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
没有常见词与 benefice 完全押韵。office、edifice、orifice、artifice 都与 benefice 一样以 -fice 结尾且末尾读 /fɪs/，但重音位置不同；sacrifice 和 suffice 虽然也拼作 -fice，但读 /faɪs/，是形近音异词。
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.