American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2

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Author: Noah Webster

Prestimony

PRES’TIMONY, n. [L. proesto, to supply; proe and sto.] In canon law, a fund for the support of a priest, appropriated by the founder, but not erected into any title of benefice, and not subject to the pope or the ordinary, but of which the patron is the collator.

But in a Spanish Dictionary thus defined, a prebend for the maintenance of poor clergymen, on condition of their saying prayers at certain stated times.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Prestimony," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed April 23, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4WIVW4DZ62L6SM7.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Prestimony." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 23 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4WIVW4DZ62L6SM7.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Prestimony' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 23 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4WIVW4DZ62L6SM7.