unbeneficed

The brother who now arrived had likewise been bred to trade, in which he no sooner saw himself worth L6000 than he purchased a small estate with the greatest part of it, and retired into the country; where he married the daughter of an unbeneficed clergyman;

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 2004

During the interval which elapsed between his commercial reverses and the period of his physical debility, he prepared a novel, which he had early projected, depicting the trials and sufferings of an unbeneficed preacher.

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various

Among them will be found three Scotch peers, several ditto Irish, fifteen decayed baronets, eight yellow admirals, forty-seven major-generals on half pay (who narrate the whole Peninsular War), twenty-seven dowagers, one hundred and eighty-seven old maids on small annuities, and several unbeneficed clergymen, who play a little on the fiddle.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 Various

He dismissed his curates when they married, having decided views on the celibacy of the unbeneficed clergy.

Of Human Bondage 1919

He was unbeneficed, having no time for parish work.

Dangerous Ages Rose Macaulay 1919

He dismissed his curates when they married, having decided views on the celibacy of the unbeneficed clergy.

Of Human Bondage 1915

Even so this constituted a tremendous strain upon the reserve force of clergy unbeneficed and more or less unemployed, and it was inevitable that with such a strain, there would be a deterioration in the character and fitness of the newly - appointed incumbents.

The Coming of the Friars Augustus Jessopp 1868

It says "unbeneficed clergyman and deceased nobleman," and who can that be but Uncle Rotherwood and Mr.Aylmer. '

Scenes and Characters Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

It was an appeal to the 'truly charitable,' from the friends of the widow of an unbeneficed clergyman of the diocese, one of whose sons had, it was said, by the kindness of a deceased nobleman, received the promise of an appointment in India, of which he was unable to avail himself for want of the funds needful for his outfit.

Scenes and Characters Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

The cheap and good education attainable as a matter of right in this borough, have rendered it a favourite resort of half-pay officers and unbeneficed clergymen, blessed with large families.

Rides on Railways Samuel Sidney 1848