| Benefice 1. (n.) A church office endowed with capital assets to provide a living. 2. (n.) An estate in lands; a fief. 3. (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. 4. (v. t.) To endow with a benefice. Thesaurus Entries advowson, apostleship, benefice, call, charge, curacy, cure, glebe, holy orders, incumbency, living, pastorage, pastoral care, pastorate, prelacy, priesthood, priestship, rabbinate, rectory, sacred calling, the church, the cloth, the desk, the ministry, the pulpit, vicarage, vocation |