🔤 Advowson ✨
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URDU
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Roman Urdu:
mazhabi auhda denay ka haq, church ka auhda denay ka haq, patron ka haq
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ENGLISH
📚noun
advowson
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PRONUNCIATION
Standard: /ædˈvaʊzən/
Phonetic: /ad vow zuhn/
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DEFINITION
right to present a clergyman to a church benefice, ecclesiastical patronage, church appointment right
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES
The advowson belonged to the estate and was passed down through generations of the same family.
The lord exercised his advowson to appoint a new rector for the village church.
Advowson rights were often sold or transferred during the middle ages.
The dispute over the advowson lasted for many years in the ecclesiastical courts.
The advowson gave the patron significant control over the religious life of the parish.
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SYNONYMS
church patronage clerical appointment right benefice right patron right
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ANTONYMS
lay membership congregational choice non patron status common worship
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