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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She became the patron of the living, and the advowson remains in her family.
From Old Times at Otterbourne by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
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
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 Sharpe, Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson)
They are nearly 12,000 in number; the advowson of more than half of them belongs to private persons, and of the remainder to the crown, bishops, deans and chapters, universities, and colleges.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
It long held lands in the isle of Sheppey, as well as the advowson of the church of Eastchurch, in the same island.
From Bruges and West Flanders by Forestier, Amédée
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