In the Christian church, especially in older British and European use, a benefice is the post of a priest who looks after a parish — and the pay, and sometimes the house or land, that come with that post. For a long time a priest “held a benefice” the way someone today holds a job: the position, the income, and the duty to the people of that place were tied together.

In the Christian church, especially in older British and European use在基督教會裡，尤其是舊時英國和歐洲的用法中，a benefice is一個benefice指的是，the post of a priest who looks after a parish照顧一個堂區的神職人員的職位，and the pay還有薪俸，and sometimes the house or land有時候還包括房子或土地，that come with that post是隨這個職位而來的。For a long time很長一段時間裡，a priest "held a benefice"神父會「held a benefice」，the way someone today holds a job就像今天有人有一份工作一樣，the position, the income, and the duty to the people of that place職位、收入，和對當地人的責任，were tied together是綁在一起的。

It is a church-history and church-law word, not an everyday one. You will meet it in books about the past, or in writing about how the church paid its priests.

It is a church-history and church-law word它是教會歷史和教會法的用詞，not an everyday one不是日常用語。You will meet it你會遇到它，in books about the past在講過去的書裡，or in writing about how the church paid its priests或是在寫教會怎麼付薪水給神父的文章裡。

It is not the ordinary word benefit, which just means something that helps you. Though actually, both words grew from the same Latin idea of a “kindness” or “favour”; the church kept this older, special sense.

It is not the ordinary word benefit它不是日常的benefit這個字，which just means something that helps you那只是指對你有幫助的東西。Though actually不過其實，both words grew from the same Latin idea of a "kindness" or "favour"這兩個字都源自拉丁文裡「善意」或「恩惠」這個概念，the church kept this older, special sense教會保留了這個比較舊、比較特別的意思。

There is also a rare old verb, to benefice, meaning to give someone such a post; almost nobody uses the verb now.

There is also a rare old verb, to benefice還有一個罕見的舊動詞to benefice，meaning to give someone such a post意思是給某人這樣的職位，almost nobody uses the verb now現在幾乎沒有人用這個動詞了。