An allowance of meat, drink, or clothing due from an abbey or other religious house for the sustenance of such of the king's servants as he may designate to receive it.
[L.L.] (Eccl.) A defalcation from a salary, for some other than the original purpose; e.g. an allowance given to a servant by the king, from a monastery which he had founded.
[L.L.] Allowance of food, clothing, lodging.