<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a position or post granted to an ecclesiastic that guarantees a fixed amount of property or income.</li><li>the revenue itself.</li><li>the equivalent of a fief in the early Middle Ages.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to invest with a benefice or ecclesiastical living.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>