Usually means: Church positions providing income, privileges.
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  1. benefices: Merriam-Webster
  2. benefices: Collins English Dictionary
  3. benefices: Vocabulary.com
  4. Benefices, benefices: Wordnik
  5. benefices: Wiktionary
  6. benefices: Dictionary.com
  7. Benefices: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Benefices: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Benefices: Legal dictionary

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(Note: See benefice as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (benefice)

noun:  Land granted to a priest in a church that has a source of income attached to it.
noun:  (obsolete) A favour or benefit.
noun:  (feudal law) An estate in lands; a fief.
verb:  To bestow a benefice upon
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