prebend

/P R IY1 B EH0 N D/
noun
  1. 1

    A stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral.

  2. 2

    The property or other source of this endowment.

  3. 3

    Political patronage employment.

  4. 4

    A prebendary.

verb
  1. 1

    To bend in advance.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prebend