avowee

English

Etymology

From French avoué. Compare advowee, advocate.

Noun

avowee (plural avowees)

1. The person who has a right to present to a benefice; the patron; an advowee.

Related terms

• advowson

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “avowee”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)