Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of an ecclesiastical benefice when occupied; occupancy by an incumbent: opposed to vacancy or avoidance: as, the plea of plenarty (that is, the plea that the benefice was already filled by valid appointment) was urged.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of a benefice when occupied.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law, historical The state of a
benefice when occupied.
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