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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Advowson \Ad*vow"son\ (?; 277), n. [OE. avoweisoun OF avo["e]son, fr L. advocatio Cf {Advocation}.] (Eng. Law) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. [Originally, the relation of a patron advocatus or protector of a benefice, and thus privileged to nominate or present to it.] Note: The benefices of the Church of England are in every case subjects of presentation. They are nearly 12,000 in number; the advowson of more than half of them belongs to private persons, and of the remainder to the crown, bishops, deans and chapters, universities, and colleges. --Amer. Cyc. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: advowson n : the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice
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