advowson

advowson has 2 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. 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.]
• n.. the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice