advowson

/ədˈvaʊ.z(ə)n/

Etymology

From Middle English avowson, from Anglo-Norman avouson, from Latin advocātiō. Doublet of advocation.

noun

  1. The right to present a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church office.“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.”