advowson

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice

From Middle English avowson, from Anglo-Norman avouson, from Latin advocātiō. Doublet of advocation.

Robert, father of plaintiff, had given the advowson to John de Arderne, and John had enfeoffed Robert de Wyckham and Elizabeth his wife. — Shakespeare's family, C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael) Stopes
From Cahill’s corner the reverend Hugh C. Love, M. A., made obeisance unperceived, mindful of lords deputies whose hands benignant had held of yore rich advowsons. — Ulysses, James Joyce
The Baron de Caupene in Chalosse and I have betwixt us the advowson of a benefice of great extent, at the foot of our mountains, called Lahontan. — Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete, Michel de Montaigne

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