3. (Eccl.) See Plurality of benefices, below.

Plurality of benefices (Eccl.), the possession by one clergyman of more

than one benefice or living. Each benefice thus held is called a

plurality. [Eng.]

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Plu`ral*i*za"tion (?), n. The act of pluralizing. H. Spencer.

Plu"ral*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pluralized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.

Pluralizing (?).] 1. To make plural by using the plural termination; to

attribute plurality to; to express in the plural form.

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