advowson Definition
ad·vow·son (ad vo̵u′zən)
noun
Eng. Law the right to name the holder of a church benefice
Etymology: ME avoueson < OFr < L advocatio, a summoning, calling to: see advocate
advowson Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- vicarage: The advowson of the vicarage was alienated a few years ago by Vicars.
- rectory: The advowson of the rectory has belonged to the Waldegrave family from Henry the Eight's reign to the present time.
- church: Thereafter the lord of the manor retained the advowson of the mother church, Lord Amherst of Hackney being patron in 1987.
- living: The advowson of the living was sold to the Church Society, the most fervent of the Evangelical Patronage Trusts.
- priory: The advowson of the priory passed from the Crevequer family to the crown in the latter part of the thirteenth century.
- parish: The benefaction included the advowson of the parish of Fowlmere.
Converse of object
- grant: In 1547 the king granted the advowson to the Lord Protector, Edward Seymour, duke of Somerset.
- hold: You hold the advowson to Deerhurst church ( the right to appoint the incumbent to be minister of the parish ).
- sell: Sir George Dalston also sold the advowson to the Rev. Thos.
- purchase: He intended coming to Foxearth next year, having purchased the advowson of Foxearth and has built several houses there.
- claim: Page 69, note f: In 9 John Robert claimed the advowson of Wimpole, co.
- retain: Thereafter the lord of the manor retained the advowson of the mother church, Lord Amherst of Hackney being patron in 1987.
Browse dictionary entries near advowson
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- ‹ advisory opinion
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