PREBENDA. — From the Latin praebere (to furnish), it is the income of an ecclesiastical benefice. The term belongs properly to ecclesiastical literature and indicates the right an ecclesiastic has to receive the revenues deriving from the endowment attached to the office of which he is the holder. For the historical aspect and the specific nature of the juridical institution, V. BENEFICIO ECCLESIASTICO; CAPITOLO, I. Il C. Canonical.
BIBL.: V. alle voci predette. Vincenzo Fagiolo