About The Word Incumbency

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Incumbency

Incumbency Meaning & Definition
Incumbency Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Incumbency?

[n] the office of an incumbent
[n] a duty that is incumbent upon you
[n] the term during which some position is held

Synonyms | Synonyms for Incumbency: tenure | term of office

Related Terms | Find terms related to Incumbency: accountability | accountableness | advowson | amenability | answerability | answerableness | appointment | bale | benefice | berth | billet | burden | burdening | burthen | care of souls | cargo | charge | charging | cumber | cumbrance | curacy | cure | deadweight | dedication to duty | devotion to duty | drag | duteousness | dutifulness | employment | encumbrance | engagement | freight | gig | glebe | handicap | incubus | job | lading | liability | living | load | loading | millstone | moonlighting | office | opening | oppression | overload | overtaxing | overweighting | place | position | post | prelacy | pressure | rectory | responsibility | responsibleness | saddling | second job | sense of duty | sense of obligation | service | situation | station | superincumbency | surcharge | taxing | tenure | vacancy | vicarage

See Also | administration | berth | duty | obligation | office | place | position | post | presidency | presidential term | responsibility | situation | spot | term

Incumbency In Webster's Dictionary

\In*cum"ben*cy\, n.; pl. {Incumbencies}. [From {Incumbent}.] 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. --Evelyn. 3. That which is morally incumbent, or is imposed, as a rule, a duty, obligation, or responsibility. ``The incumbencies of a family.'' --Donne. 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. --Swift.

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