BENEFICIUM
\bˌɛnɪfˈɪsi͡əm], \bˌɛnɪfˈɪsiəm], \b_ˌɛ_n_ɪ_f_ˈɪ_s_iə_m]\
Definitions of BENEFICIUM
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In early feudal law. A benefice; a permanent stipendiary estate; the same with what was afterwards called a "fief," "feud," or "fee." 3 Steph. Comm. 77, note i; Spelman. In the civil law. A benefit or favor; any particular privilege. Dig. 1, 4, 3; Cod. 7, 71; Mackeld. Rom. Law,
By Henry Campbell Black
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(Eccl.) A living, preferment; on the assumption of its being held under the pope as a superior lord.
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At the beginning of the feudal system, an estate conferred by the sovereign and held under him, which as a hereditary thing became a fief.
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Under the Romans, a grant of land to a veteran soldier.
By Henry Percy Smith
