3. (Eccl.)
Defn: 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.]
PLURALIZATION
Plu`ral*i*za"tion, n.
Defn: The act of pluralizing. H. Spencer.
PLURALIZE
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.
2. To multiply; to make manifold. [R.]
PLURALIZE
Plu"ral*ize, v. i.
1. To take a plural; to assume a plural form; as, a noun pluralizes. Earle.
2. (Eccl.)