advowry
/ədˈvaʊ(ə)ri/historical in later use
noun
(A) Ecclesiastical Law. = advowson; the office or function of an advowee. (b) = avowry; (also) a person responsible for providing this protection (or perhaps: the payments made to ensure this).
Origin
Late Middle English. Originally a variant of avowry, now distinguished in form in the meanings below.
- idempotency
- idempotent
- idem sonans
- ident
- identical
- identicality
- identically
- identicalness
- identical twin
- identifiability
- identifiable
- identifiably
- identifical
- identifically
- identification
- identificational
- identification beacon
- identification disc
- identification disk
- identification panel
- identification parade
- identification plate
- identification tag
- identification technology
- identificatory