benefice

英 ['benɪfɪs]美 ['bɛnɪfɪs]

n. 圣俸；有俸圣职；僧侣之禄

英文词源

benefice (n.)

c. 1300, "a church living," from Old French benefice (13c.) and directly from Latin beneficium "a favor, service, generosity, kindness, benefit," from beneficus "generous, kind, benevolent, obliging," from bene- "good, well" (see bene-) + -ficus, from stem of -ficere, unstressed form of facere "to do, to make" (see factitious).

双语例句

1. The Church instituted the young man into a benefice.

教会任命这个年轻人担任牧师一职.

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2. The church instituted the young man into a benefice.

教堂每个礼拜天早上都举行做礼拜.

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