PREBEND. — From Latin *praebere* (to provide) is the revenue of an ecclesiastical benefice. The term is proper to ecclesiastical literature and indicates the right that a cleric has to receive the fruits deriving from the endowment attached to the office of which he is the incumbent. For the historical part and for the specific nature of the juridical institution, V. BENEFICIO ECCLESIASTICO; CAPITOLO, I. The Canonical Prebend.
BIBL.: See the above-cited entries. Vincenzo Fagiolo