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benefice

ben.e.fice \'ben-*-f*s\ n [ME, fr. MF, fr. ML beneficium, fr. L, favor, 
   promotion, fr. beneficus] 1: an eccesiastical office (as a rectory) to 
   which the revenue from an endo wment is attached 2: a feudal estate in 
   lands : FIEF  - benefice vt