obenza

Galician

Alternative forms

• benza

Etymology

13th century (oveença). From Latin oboedientia (“obedience”). Doublet of obediencia.

Noun

obenza f (plural obenzas)

1. vice, bad habit

   Synonyms: vezo, vicio

2. (archaic) tenure (status of having a permanent post)
   1. (historical) each job, position or profession in a late medieval Galician monastery, together with its assigned incomes and rents

Derived terms

• obenceiro
• obenzal

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ovenza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “oveença” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “obenza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “benza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN