Advowson

//ədˈvaʊ.z(ə)n// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The right to present a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church office. UK

    "The advowson of the parsonages of Sempringham and Tirington, being the right of his father, he [St. Gilbert] was presented by him [his father] to those united livings, in 1123."

  2. 2
    the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice wordnet

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"The advowson of the parsonages of Sempringham and Tirington, being the right of his father, he [St. Gilbert] was presented by him [his father] to those united livings, in 1123."

Etymology

From Middle English avowson, from Anglo-Norman avouson, from Latin advocātiō. Doublet of advocation.

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