advowson

English Thesaurus

1. the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	right,
definition	:	an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature (noun.attribute)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)