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A canonical term for regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.

One who is regularly inducted into a benefice. See Provision, 5. P. Plowman.

nt, -- required of a clergyman of the Church of England when he first officiates in a new benefice.

rm of canon law, which signifies that the pope reserves to himself appointment to certain benefices. Mental reservation, the withholding, or failing to disclose, something that affects a statement, promise, etc., and which, if disclosed, would materially change its import.

The residing of an incumbent on his benefice; -- opposed to nonresidence.

t, sequestered and detained to enforce the decrees of the court. And now the profits of a benefice are sequestered to pay the debts of ecclesiastics. Blackstone.

lling ecclesiastical preferment; the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money or reward. Piers Plowman.

An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls. Ayliffe.

The act of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his benefice without right, but under a pretended title. Blackstone.

th continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand. "The stream of beneficence." Atterbury. "The stream of emigration." Macaulay.

One institution upon another, as when A is instituted and admitted to a benefice upon a title, and B instituted and admitted upon the presentation of another. Bailey.

A person invested with a title, in virtue of which he holds an office or benefice, whether he performs the duties of it or not.

An ecclesiastical who holds but one benefice; -- distinguished from pluralist. [Eng.] V. Knox.

all-reaching; all-pervading; as, universal ruin; universal good; universal benevolence or benefice. "Anointed universal King." Milton. The universal cause Acts not by partial, but by general laws. Pope. This universal frame began. Dryden.

The incumbent of an appropriated benefice.

The benefice of a vicar.

A ejection from a benefice.

ch, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent purposes. Addison. Cotton Mather. -- White wolf. (Zoöl.) (a) A light-colored wolf (Canis laniger) native of Thibet; -- called also chanco, golden wolf, and Thibetan wolf. (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf. -- Wh…

hak. -- To win on or upon. (a) To gain favor or influence with. "You have a softness and beneficence winning on the hearts of others." Dryden.