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Incumbency   Listen
noun
Incumbency  n.  (pl. incumbencies)  
1.
The state of being incumbent; a lying or resting on something.
2.
That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight.
3.
That which is morally incumbent, or is imposed, as a rule, a duty, obligation, or responsibility. "The incumbencies of a family."
4.
The state of holding a benefice; the full possession and exercise of any office. "These fines are only to be paid to the bishop during his incumbency."





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"Incumbency" Quotes from Famous Books



... I am sanguine enough to expect much to come of any poor efforts of mine. If your annals take any notice of my incumbency, I shall probably go down to posterity as the Rector who was always beaten. But if they add, as I think they will, that my defeats became victories in the hands of my successors, I shall be ...
— Science & Education • Thomas H. Huxley
... became daily more unpopular, had been removed from the War Department only to be returned to the portfolio of State, which had been kept open during his incumbency of the former. This promotion was accepted by the Secretary's enemies as at once a reproof to them, and a blow aimed at the popular foreign policy. They boldly averred that, though the foreign affairs of the Government might not call for very decided ...
— Four Years in Rebel Capitals - An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death • T. C. DeLeon
... from the records of the late Synod of Ulster, to estimate the medium length of the incumbency of a moderator for life, being the senior minister of a presbytery of from ten to fifteen members, and have found that the average of thirty-six successions amounted to between eight and nine years. In these presbyteries young ministers generally constituted ...
— The Ancient Church - Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution • W.D. [William Dool] Killen
... heated with hurry and worry, handled the situation loyally and well, expressing just the right amount of surprise at the coincidental assemblage, in just the right places. Of his detention at the bank (where, as we may infer from his long incumbency, he discharged a tellership to the complete satisfaction of the depositing public), he ...
— V. V.'s Eyes • Henry Sydnor Harrison


Words linked to "Incumbency" :   tenure, berth, vice-presidency, responsibility, term of office, obligation, term, vice-presidential term, duty, presidential term, spot, presidency, place, post, episcopate, situation, office, administration


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