advowson

American  

[ad-vou-zuhn] / ædˈvaʊ zən /

noun

English Ecclesiastical Law.

1. the right of presentation of a candidate to a benefice or church office.

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advowson British  

/ ədˈvaʊzən /

noun

1. English ecclesiastical law the right of presentation to a vacant benefice

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Etymology

Origin of advowson

1250–1300; < Anglo-French; replacing Middle English avoweisoun < Anglo-French, Old French avoeson ≪ Latin advocātiōn-. See advocation

Example Sentences

The rector is usually appointed by some institution or individual vested with that authority which is called "the advowson of a parish."

From Religious Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century The Faith of Our Fathers by Brydon, G. MacLaren (George MacLaren)

I find that when Lord Wharton purchased the advowson at the dissolution of monasteries the tithes of corn and hay were excepted from the conveyance, which points to this customary modus on the ‘truppstone.’

From Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland by Scott, Daniel

Since then the church has been served by vicars, the patronage being in the hands of the dean and chapter of Winchester until the nineteenth century, when the advowson was purchased by Lord Malmesbury.

From Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings by Perkins, Thomas, Rev.

An interesting feature of this book is that it contains a fac-simile reproduction of the original advowson, with what is left of the seal.

From A History of Giggleswick School From its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 by Bell, Edward Allen

The advowson of St. Mary-le-Bow belongs to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and is the chief of his thirteen peculiars, or insulated, livings.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter