benefice
nounHow many syllables in benefice?
There are 3 syllables in the word benefice.How to pronounce benefice:
Definition of benefice:
- benefice (noun):
- a Church office that provides its holder with an income
- noun. an endowed church office giving income to its holder.
- an ecclesiastical office to which the revenue from an endowment is attached
Synonyms for benefice:
church living
church property
ecclesiastical benefice
emolument
incumbency
office
prebend
preferment
sinecure
spirituality
stipend
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- sinuous
- demanding
- expander
- dishevel
- indolent
- constancy
- herewith
- worshipping
- shillelagh
- cajoling
- altering
- heavenly
- satisfied
- excellent
- solution
- hurrying
- changeable
- resembled
- mountainous
- gleefully
- apprentice
- insistent
- imprison
- heartwrenching
- condolence
- velvety
- resplendent
- maintenance
- reconstruct
- scariness
- prouder
- disobeyed
- caravan
- deferent
- unaware
- enthralling
- despondent
- interchanged
- sturdier
- normally
- archrival
- cascaded
- revengeful
- euouae
- bucolic
- Ryuunosuke
- sloppiness
- ornately
- hand-wringing
- geminate
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