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ADVOWSON
advowson
(noun) the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
advowson (plural advowsons)
(British, ecclesiastical law) The right to present a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church office.
Source: Wiktionary
Ad*vow"son, n. Etym: [OE. avoweisoun, OF. avoëson, fr. L. advocatio. Cf. Advocation.] (Eng. Law)
Definition: The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. [Originally, the relation of a patron (advocatus) or protector of a benefice, and thus privileged to nominate or present to it.]
Note: The benefices of the Church of England are in every case subjects of presentation. They are nearly 12,000 in number; the advowson of more than half of them belongs to private persons, and of the remainder to the crown, bishops, deans and chapters, universities, and colleges. Amer. Cyc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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