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Incumbently :: Incumbently (adv.) In an incumbent manner; so as to be incumbent.

Parson :: Parson (n.) A person who represents a parish in its ecclesiastical and corporate capacities; hence, the rector or incumbent of a parochial church, who has full possession of all the rights thereof, with the cure of souls..

Spoliation :: Spoliation (v. t.) The act of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his benefice without right, but under a pretended title..

Incumbent :: Incumbent (a.) Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation; obligatory; always with on or upon..

Creep :: Creep (n.) A slow rising of the floor of a gallery, occasioned by the pressure of incumbent strata upon the pillars or sides; a gradual movement of mining ground..

Incumbent :: Incumbent (a.) Leaning or resting; -- said of anthers when lying on the inner side of the filament, or of cotyledons when the radicle lies against the back of one of them..

Incumbency :: Incumbency (n.) That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight.

Thrust :: Thrust (n.) The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight.

Incumbent :: Incumbent (a.) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird..

Notorhizal :: Notorhizal (a.) Having the radicle of the embryo lying against the back of one of the cotyledons; incumbent.

Insistent :: Insistent (a.) See Incumbent.

Corbel :: Corbel (n.) A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture..

Vicar :: Vicar (n.) The incumbent of an appropriated benefice.

Superinduced :: Superincumbent (a.) Lying or resting on something else.

Voidance :: Voidance (n.) The state of being void; vacancy, as of a benefice which is without an incumbent..

Parsonage :: Parsonage (n.) The glebe and house, or the house only, owned by a parish or ecclesiastical society, and appropriated to the maintenance or use of the incumbent or settled pastor..

Lintel :: Lintel (n.) A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture..

Incumbent :: Incumbent (a.) Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent.

Fill :: Fill (a.) To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a throne; the president fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair..

Superincumbent :: Superincumbency (n.) The quality or state of being superincumbent.

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