advowson
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of advowson
1250–1300; < Anglo-French; replacing Middle English avoweisoun < Anglo-French, Old French avoeson ≪ Latin advocātiōn-. See advocation
Example Sentences
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C. H. I submit that this word means advowsoner, that is, "owner of the advowson."
From Notes and Queries, Number 232, April 8, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various
His fortune! what is't? th' advowson of Tyburn deanery?
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert
To this gift the Dean and Chapter owe the advowson of Steventon, Berkshire, which they still retain.
From William de Colchester Abbot of Westminster by Pearce, Ernest Harold
At the Dissolution Deerhurst became a curacy, and remained so till 1682, the advowson then being transferred from lay hands to those of the Bishop of Worcester.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire by Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph)
VI. granted this Priory’s advowson or right of presenting alternately to Wimbish, to Ed.
From Elizabethan England From 'A Description of England,' by William Harrison by Harrison, William
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