incumbency

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From incumbent + -cy.

Notwithstanding the poverty of his parish, Mr. Isaacs raised as much as £25,000 for various objects during his incumbency. — Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ, Aaron Bernstein
She said to herself, as Mrs Morgan had done at the beginning of her incumbency, "He will be such a Rector as Carlingford has never seen." — The Perpetual Curate, Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Much and deservedly to my own discredit, therefore, and considerably to the detriment of my official conscience, they continued, during my incumbency, to creep about the wharves, and loiter up and down the Custom-House steps. — The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne

tenure, term of office

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