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Incumbent

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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a clergyman in the Church of England who is in present possession of (incumbit, is close to, rests upon, as its immediate occupant) a benefice (Eden). Sir E. Coke, however, says that the title means that the clergyman "in possession of a benefice ought diligently to bend all his study to the care of his church."

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Incumbent'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​i/incumbent.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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