benefices is a form of:

Benefice



noun
1.
(An endowed church office providing a living for a vicar, etc., its income, to provide with a benefice) កម្រៃ, គ្រឿងឧបត្ថម្ភ, អត្ថប្រយោជន៍, ចំណេញ
Example: Food and sleep are beneficial to health.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
A favor or benefit.
2.
An estate in lands; a fief.
3.
An ecclesiastical living and church preferment, as in the Church of England; a church endowed with a revenue for the maintenance of divine service.
verb
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To endow with a benefice.