Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who is presented.
- noun One to whom something is given.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is presented to a benefice.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One to whom something is presented; also, one who is presented; specifically (Eccl.), one presented to benefice.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who is
presented , or to whom an award is given
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Examples
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Red heels remained part of the formal wear at the French court for the Royal family and the noblesse presentee, they can be seen in the portaits I have posted below.
Archive 2008-05-18 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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Red heels remained part of the formal wear at the French court for the Royal family and the noblesse presentee, they can be seen in the portaits I have posted below.
Talon Rouge de Brantigny........................ 2008
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This phenomenon of presentee-ism is not unique to Google, of course.
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This phenomenon of presentee-ism is not unique to Google, of course.
Archive 2007-03-01 2007
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As for the reverend person of whom he had spoken, he was candidate by favour of the Duke of Argyle (for David would not for the universe have called him presentee) for the kirk of the parish in which their farm was situated, and he was likely to be highly acceptable unto the Christian souls of the parish, who were hungering for spiritual manna, having been fed but upon sour
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I submit that your own devoted Gang of Four, which consists of veteran council members Dan Coffey (1st District), Bill Schmidt (2nd District), and Larry Kochert (4th District), and willing tool 3rd District tyro and "presentee landlord" Steve Price are engaged in a conspiracy to continue New Albany's decline.
If She's Innocent, Who's Guilty? Randy Smith 2005
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By the same act any person for corrupt consideration presenting, instituting or inducting to an ecclesiastical benefice or dignity forfeits two years 'value of the benefice or dignity; the corrupt presentation is void, and the right to present lapses for that turn to the crown, and the corrupt presentee is disabled from thereafter holding the same benefice or dignity; a corrupt institution or induction is void, and the patron may present.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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In both cases, the rights of the patron and of the presentee were challenged peremptorily; that is to say, in both cases, parishioners objected to the presentee without reason shown.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 Various
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The Auchterarder presbytery, for _their_ part in the affair, were prosecuted in the Court of Session by the injured parties -- Lord Kinnoul, the patron, and Mr Young, the presentee.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 Various
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It leaves to the presbytery the full power to judge whether the presentee is fit for that charge.
The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London
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