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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



51 words match “CUMBENT”

RESIDENCE n.
The residing of an incumbent on his benefice; -- opposed to nonresidence.
SIT v.
preacher; to sit under good preaching. -- To sit up, to rise from, or refrain from, a recumbent posture or from sleep; to sit with the body upright; as, to sit up late at night; also, to watch; as, to sit up with a sick person. "He that was dead sat up, and began to speak." Luke vii. 15.
SPOLIATION n.
The act of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his benefice without right, but under a pretended title. Blackstone.
SUPERINCUMBENCE; SUPERINCUMBENCY n.
The quality or state of being superincumbent.
THRUST n.
The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight. Thrust bearing (Screw Steamers), a bearing arranged to receive the thrust or endwise pressure of the screw shaft. -- Thrust plane (Geol.), the surface along which dislocation has taken place in the case of a reversed fault.
UP adv.
From a lower to a higher position, literally or figuratively; as, from a recumbent or sitting position; from the mouth, toward the source, of a river; from a dependent or inferior condition; from concealment; from younger age; from a quiet state, or the like; -- used with verbs of motion expressed or implied. But they…
VACANT a.
Not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer; as, a vacant throne; a vacant parish. Special dignities which vacant lie For thy best use and wearing. Shak.
VICAR n.
The incumbent of an appropriated benefice.
VICE a.
miral and vice admiral in the United States Navy will cease at the death of the present incumbents. (b) A civil officer, in Great Britain, appointed by the lords commissioners of the admiralty for exercising admiralty jurisdiction within their respective districts. -- Vice admiralty, the office of a vice admiral. --…
VOID a.
Having no incumbent; unoccupied; -- said of offices and the like. Divers great offices that had been long void. Camden.
VOIDANCE n.
The state of being void; vacancy, as of a benefice which is without an incumbent.
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