But, as the possessions and revenues of the benefices became thus intermixed with those of the laity, any attempts rigidly to enforce the claims of the church were usually attended by the most scandalous disputes.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
L. B. Burton, who had held the two adjoining benefices for more than forty years.
"A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'"
Alfred Gatty
Whereas, if he would become a Catholic and take orders, his aunt, the Queen of France, would make everything easy by procuring for him a cardinal's hat, and by bestowing upon him such rich benefices as would afford him a fitting provision.
"Henrietta Maria"
Henrietta Haynes