Prebendal stall

Prebendal stall

:"see also Prebendary

A prebendal stall is a seat, usually in the back row of the choir stalls, where a prebendary sits. It was a place of honour for dignitaries who were members of clergy on the staff of a cathedral or collegiate church.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • prebendal stall — noun 1. : a prebendary s stall in a cathedral 2. : a prebendary s benefice …   Useful english dictionary

  • Prebendal — Pre*ben dal (pr[ e]*b[e^]n dal), a. Of or pertaining to a prebend; holding a prebend; as, a prebendal priest or stall. Chesterfield. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Méric Casaubon — (Florence Estienne) Méric Casaubon (14 August 1599 – 14 July 1671), son of Isaac Casaubon, was a French English classical scholar. Although biographical dictionaries (including the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica) commonly accentuate his name to… …   Wikipedia

  • Henry Phillpotts — (1778 ndash;1869), Bishop of Exeter or Henry of Exeter, as he was often called, was England s longest serving bishop since the 12th century, (1830 ndash;1869), one of the most striking figures in the English Church of the 19th century and one of… …   Wikipedia

  • Richard Hakluyt — Infobox Writer name = Richard Hakluyt imagesize = caption = Hakluyt depicted in stained glass in the West Window of the South Transept of Bristol Cathedral – Charles Eamer Kempe, c. 1905. pseudonym = birthdate = c. 1552 or 1553 birthplace =… …   Wikipedia

  • Thomas Rennell — Thomas Kennell (1754 1840), dean of Winchester Cathedral and master of the Temple, was born on 8 February 1754 at Barnack in Northamptonshire, where his father, Thomas Rennell (1720 1798), a prebendary of Winchester, was rector. LifeIn 1766… …   Wikipedia

  • Denis Granville — (name altered from Grenville) (1637–1703) was an English non juring churchman, Dean of Durham and then Jacobite exile. Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 References 4 Notes …   Wikipedia

  • Hereford Cathedral — Infobox UK cathedral building name =Hereford Cathedral infobox width = image size = caption =Hereford Cathedral from the north map type = map size = map caption = location = full name =Cathedral Church of Blessed Virgin Mary and St Ethelbert geo …   Wikipedia

  • Prebendary — A prebendary is a post connected to an Anglican or Catholic cathedral or collegiate church and is a type of canon. Prebendaries have a role in the administration of the cathedral. A prebend is a type of benefice, which usually consisted of the… …   Wikipedia

  • Thomas Wood (bishop of Lichfield and Coventry) — Thomas Wood (1607–1692) was an English churchman, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry from 1671 to 1692. Life Thomas was the third son of Thomas Wood (1565–1649) and Susanna Cranmer (1570–1650). In then fashionable Hackney, where his grandfather… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”