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Incumbency :: Incumbency (n.) That which is morally incumbent, or is imposed, as a rule, a duty, obligation, or responsibility..

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

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

Procuration :: Procuration (n.) A sum of money paid formerly to the bishop or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; -- called also proxy..

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

Residence :: Residence (n.) The residing of an incumbent on his benefice; -- opposed to nonresidence.

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

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

Dilapidation :: Dilapidation (n.) Ecclesiastical waste; impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or by intention..

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

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.) 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..

Vacant :: Vacant (a.) Not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer; as, a vacant throne; a vacant parish..

Incumbent :: Incumbent (n.) A person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any office.

Fill :: Fill (a.) To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a vacancy..

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

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

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