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Replies to Minor Queries.
_Pension_ (Vol. ii., p. 134.).--In the _Dictionnaire Universelle_, 1775,
vol. ii. p. 203., I find the following explanation of the French word
_Pension_:--
"Somme qu'on donne pour la nourriture et le logement de
quelqu'un. _Il se dit aussi du lieu o˘ l'on donne ‡ manger._"
May not the meeting of the benchers have derived its name for their
dining-room in which they assembled?