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advowsons

advowsons is the plural of advowson.

Meaning of advowson

Noun

advowson (plural advowsons)

  1. (UK) The right to present a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church office.
    • 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 1123.1866, Rev. Alban Butler, chapter IV, in The Lives of the Saints, volume II (February)

Questions about advowsons

What is advowsons the plural of?
Advowsons is the plural of advowson.

Words near advowsons in the dictionary

  1. advowries
  2. advowry
  3. advowson
  4. advowsonage
  5. advowsonages
  6. advowsons
  7. advowtries
  8. advowtry
  9. advoyer
  10. advoyers
  11. AdvP

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