advowson
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English avowson, from Anglo-Norman avouson, from Latin advocātiō. Doublet of advocation.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ədˈvaʊ.z(ə)n/
Noun edit
advowson (plural advowsons)
- (UK, ecclesiastical law) The right to present a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church office.
- 1866, Rev. Alban Butler, chapter IV, in The Lives of the Saints[1], volume II (February):
- 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.
- 2017, Ben Aaronovitch, The Furthest Station, Gollancz, page 88:
- Advowson is the right to appoint the incumbent clergy of a parish, so three advowsons meant three incumbents.
References edit
- “advowson”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.