(1):
(n.) A favor or benefit.
(2):
(n.) An estate in lands; a fief.
(3):
(v. t.) To endow with a benefice.
(4):
(n.) An ecclesiastical living and church preferment, as in the Church of England; a church endowed with a revenue for the maintenance of divine service. See Advowson.
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