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plebania

plebania [plebanus+-ia] 1 (eccl.) form of benefice for a cleric for the laity. ~ia est aliud genus beneficii et majus quam rectoria, habet sub se capellas, et dignitatem esse putant interpretes Ambrosden II 272; 1527 prebendam de Kinkel alias dictam seu ~iam militum Hierosolimitanorum ‥ retulit Reg. Aberd. II 253. 2 parish. 1333 ad ‥ clerum, et populum ~ie de Brauntone corrigendum Reg. Exon. II 689.

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