mensal adjective2 & noun2.
['mɛns(ǝ)l] LME.[Late Latin mensalis, from mensa table: see -AL1.]A. adjective.
1. Of, pertaining to, or used at the table.
LME.2. a. Irish &
Scottish History. Designating land set aside to provide food for the royal table.
E17.b. Designating a church, benefice, etc., appropriated to defray some of the expenses of a (Roman Catholic) bishop or other cleric,
spec. in Ireland and in Scotland before the Reformation.
E17.b. noun. A mensal church or benefice.
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