"advowson" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1866, Rev. Alban Butler, chapter IV, in The Lives of the Saints, volume II (February):",
          "text": "The advowson of the parsonages of Sempringham and Tirington, being the right of his father, he [St. Gilbert] was presented by him [his father] to those united livings, in 1123.",
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          "text": "Advowson is the right to appoint the incumbent clergy of a parish, so three advowsons meant three incumbents.",
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        "(UK, ecclesiastical law) The right to present a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church office."
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