advowson
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of advowson
1250–1300; < Anglo-French; replacing Middle English avoweisoun < Anglo-French, Old French avoeson ≪ Latin advocātiōn-. See advocation
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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 Ernest Harold Pearce
Thus it is applied to rights of advowson or of common, when possessed simply and not as incident to any particular lands.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
He is credited by some writers with having purchased and presented to the corporation the advowson of the Church of St. Peter upon Cornhill.
From London and the Kingdom - Volume I by Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson) Sharpe
Robert, father of plaintiff, had given the advowson to John de Arderne, and John had enfeoffed Robert de Wyckham and Elizabeth his wife.
From Shakespeare's Family by C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael) Stopes
Advowee′, one who has the right of advowson.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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