adjective
- holding a benefice; having an ecclesiastical living or church position that provides income
Usage: ecclesiastical
Examples
- The beneficed clergy received regular income from their church positions.
- He was a beneficed rector with a comfortable living in the countryside.
- The bishop appointed several beneficed priests to the diocese.
- Beneficed ministers were expected to reside in their parishes.
- The beneficed vicar had been serving the community for twenty years.