advowson

/ədˈvaʊ.z(ə)n/

Meanings

noun

圣职授予权，举荐圣职权。

(ecclesiastical law) The right to present a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church office.

Examples :

"Because the family held the advowson for the village church, they could choose the new vicar. "

由于这个家族拥有该村教堂的圣职授予权，因此他们可以选择新的教区牧师。

Related Words

ecclesiastical adjective

/əˌkli.ziˈæ.stə.kəl/ /əˈkliː.ziˌæ.stɪ.kəl/

教会的， церковной (borrowed from Russian)

"ecclesiastical architecture"

教会建筑

office noun

/ˈɑfɪs/ /ˈɒfɪs/ /ˈɔfɪs/

职责，职务

"The mayor's office held a special ceremony to honor the city's firefighters. "

市长办公室举行了一个特别的仪式来表彰城市的消防员。(Shì zhǎng bàngōngshì jǔxíng le yī gè tèbié de yíshì lái biǎozhāng chéngshì de xiāofángyuán.)

because adverb

/bɪˈkɒz/ /biˈkɔz/

因为，由于。

"I went to the park because the weather was nice. "

因为天气很好，所以我去了公园。

vacant adjective

/ˈveɪkənt/

空，空的，闲置的

"The parking lot had many vacant spaces on Sunday morning. "

星期天早上，停车场有很多空着的车位。

right adjective

/ˈɹaɪt/

直的，笔直的。

"a right line"

一条直线

nominee noun

/ˌnɒmɪˈniː/

被提名人，候选人

"The school committee chose Sarah as the nominee for student council president. "

学校委员会选择莎拉作为学生会主席的候选人。

family noun

/ˈfɛm(ɘ)li/ /ˈfæm(ɪ)li/ /ˈfæm(ə)li/

家庭, 家人

"Our family lives in town."

我们一家人住在城里。

choose verb

/t͡ʃuːz/

选择, 挑选

"I chose a nice ripe apple from the fruit bowl."

我从果盘里挑了一个熟透的好苹果。

present noun

/pɹəˈzɛnt/ /ˈpɹɛzənt/ /pɹɪˈzɛnt/

现在, 目前.

"In the present, my focus is on finishing this project for work. "

现在，我的重点是完成这个工作项目。

church noun

/t͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ/ /t͡ʃɝt͡ʃ/

教堂，礼拜堂

"There is a lovely little church in the valley."

山谷里有一座可爱的小教堂。

benefice noun

/ˈbɛnɪfɪs/

采邑，圣俸。

"The old church granted the new priest a benefice, providing him with land and its associated farm income to support his ministry. "

那座老教堂授予了新来的牧师一份圣俸，包含土地以及土地上农场带来的收入，用以支持他的圣职工作。

village noun

/ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒ/

村庄，乡村

"There are 2 churches and 3 shops in our village."

我们村里有两座教堂和三家商店。