Incumbency Synonyms

ĭn-kŭmbən-sē
The holding of something, such as a position
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. tenure
  2. occupancy
  3. occupation
  4. answerableness
  5. term of office
  6. responsibleness

Words Related to Incumbency

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. place
  2. rectorship
  3. curacy
  4. mastership

Incumbency Sentence Examples

  • In my first incumbency I had another of Fowler's buildings among the churches in my charge.

  • For a few months he was usher at a boarding school at Blackheath, but on the 26th of September 1760 he became perpetual curate of New Brentford, the incumbency of which his father had purchased for him, and he retained its scanty profits until 1773.

  • He left his incumbency of Savannah to a lay delegate and the commissary's court at Charleston suspended him for ceremonial irregularities.

  • The episcopal emoluments arise from the mensal parishes, the incumbency of which is retained by the bishops, from licences and from an annual contribution, varying in amount, paid by the clergy of the diocese.

  • The living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of Christ college, Oxford, and present incumbency of the Rev. Charles Lacy.

More Sentences