advowson

How to use advowson in a sentence

• It long held lands in the isle of Sheppey, as well as the advowson of the church of Eastchurch, in the same island.

  Belgium | George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond

• In the case of an advowson, the use is public, and the right cannot be turned to any private benefit or emolument.

  Select Speeches of Daniel Webster | Daniel Webster

• advowson, ad-vow′zun, n. the right of patronage or presentation to a church benefice.

  Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) | Various

• The advowson was held by the Fitzwalters, and after passing through various hands came to the Crown in 1633.

  Bygone London | Frederick Ross

• The Benefices Act 1898, however, now prohibits the grant of a lease of an advowson.

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 2 | Various