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plenarty

plenarty noun: the state of a benefice when occupied.

Noun

plenarty (usually uncountable, plural plenarties)

  1. (historical, usually) The state of a benefice when occupied.
    • The plea that the benefice was full more than six months before the writ was purchased (called the plea of "plenarty") was a good affirmative defense.1982, Robert E Rodes, Lay Authority and Reformation in the English Church
    • Plenarty, the abstract of the adjective plenus, and is used in Common Law in matters of benefices, where a church is full of an incumbent; Plenarty and vacation, or avoidance, being direct contraries.1811, Giles Jacob, Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, The Law Dictionary

Forms of plenarty

pluralplenarties

Questions about plenarty

What does plenarty mean?
Plenarty means the state of a benefice when occupied.
What part of speech is plenarty?
Plenarty is a noun.
What is the plural of plenarty?
The plural of plenarty is plenarties.

Words near plenarty in the dictionary

  1. plenaries
  2. plenarily
  3. plenariness
  4. plenarly
  5. plenarties
  6. plenarty
  7. plenary
  8. plenary council
  9. plenary councils
  10. plenary court
  11. plenary courts

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