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Definitions
the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice
Word origin
From Middle English avowson, from Anglo-Norman avouson, from Latin advocātiō. Doublet of advocation.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“Advowson is the right to appoint the incumbent clergy of a parish, so three advowsons meant three incumbents.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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