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advowson
1) The right to appoint a priest to a parish church. Advowsons could be held by laymen and were treated as real property which could be inherited, sold, exchanged, or even divided between co-heiresses (one appointing on one occasion, another on the next, and so on).
2) The right of presentation to a church or benefice.
3) Patronage of a church living; the legal right to present a candidate for installation in a vacant ecclesiastical office.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: History
- Category: Medieval
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