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advowson

 (n): the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice
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8 months ago chained_bear said:

"'I was going through the mass of estate-papers with Adams... I had three advowsons and part of a fourth, with the right of presenting every third turn.'"
--O'Brian, The Truelove, 19

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Joycean Vocab, by inkhorn
The Aubrey/Maturin List I'm Gonna Make Someday, by chained_bear
wordhoard, by cornerhouse