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advowson

[ ad-vou-zuhn ]

noun

English Ecclesiastical Law.
  1. the right of presentation of a candidate to a benefice or church office.


advowson

/ É™»åˈ±¹²¹ÊŠ³úÉ™²Ô /

noun

  1. English ecclesiastical law the right of presentation to a vacant benefice
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of advowson1

1250–1300; < Anglo-French; replacing Middle English avoweisoun < Anglo-French, Old French avoeson ≪ Latin ²¹»å±¹´Ç³¦Äå³Ù¾±Å²Ô-. See advocation
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of advowson1

C13: via Anglo-French and Old French from Latin ²¹»å±¹´Ç³¦Äå³Ù¾±Å²Ô- the act of summoning, from ²¹»å±¹´Ç³¦Äå°ù±ð to summon
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Example Sentences

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An example of a corporeal hereditament is land held in freehold, of incorporeal hereditaments, tithes, advowsons, pensions, annuities, rents, franchises, &c.

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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.

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In all these parishes they held manors, with the advowsons of several of the churches.

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Thus it is applied to rights of advowson or of common, when possessed simply, and not as incident to any particular lands.

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The founder was a member of that company, and to them he gave the advowson.

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