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Noun: advowson  ad'vaw-zun
Usage: UK
  1. (law) the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice
    "The lord of the manor held the advowson for the local parish church"

Derived forms: advowsons

Type of: right

Encyclopedia: Advowson