Sentences with advowson
ad·vow·son
A a - The prestige of the gentry remained high, since they often owned the advowson and had a cousin or an uncle in the rectory as well.
- After the churches themselves passed out of private hands, the advowsons tended to remain with the heirs.
- Miss Tringham, who held the advowson of Chobham then became the advowson holder of both parishes.
- The advowson therefore can be discounted as a guide to the descent of the manor or part manor.
- The doctor had vested the advowson of Thame in a committee of trustees.