Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

INCUMBENT (from Lat. incumbere, to le...

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 369 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

INCUMBENT (from See also:Lat. incumbere, to lean, See also:lie upon) , a See also:general See also:term for the holder (See also:rector, See also:vicar, See also:curate in See also:charge) of an ecclesiastical See also:benefice (see BENEFICE). In See also:Scotland the See also:title is generally confined to See also:Clergy of the Episcopal See also:Church. The word in this application is See also:peculiar to See also:English. Du Cange (Glossarium, s.v. " Incumbens ") says that the Jurisconsulti use incumbere in the sense of oblinere, possidere, but the sense may be transferred from the general one of that which rests or is laid on one as a See also:duty which is also found in See also:post-classical Latin; to be " diligently See also:resident " in a See also:parish or benefice, has also been suggested as the source of the meaning.

End of Article: INCUMBENT (from Lat. incumbere, to lean, lie upon)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
INCUBUS (a Late Latin form of the classical incubo,... 		[next]
INCUNABULA

Site © 2006 - Net Industries