(historical)exemption of the English clergy and nuns from the jurisdiction of the ordinary civil courts, granted in the Middle Ages but abolished in 1827(史)英格兰神职人员或修女不受普通民事法院审判的特权(始于中世纪,1827年废除)ecclesiastical sanction or approval教会的批准(指在教堂举行结婚仪式)
the benefit of the doubt
a concession that a person or fact must be regarded as correct or justified, if the contrary has not been proven在未证明某人是否有过失或某种情况是否属实以前假定某人无过失或某种情况属实;无罪推定(指在没有证据之前,先假定某人无罪或相信某人的清白)
for the benefit of
in order to help, guide, or be of service to为了…的利益
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-VAR
好处;益处;裨益
The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
If you give someone the benefit of the doubt, you treat them as if they are telling the truth or as if they have behaved properly, even though you are not sure that this is the case.