Incumbency

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Incumbency \In*cum"ben*cy\, n.; pl. {Incumbencies}. [From
     {Incumbent}.]
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     1. The state of being incumbent; a lying or resting on
        something.
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     2. That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a
        burden; a weight. --Evelyn.
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     3. That which is morally incumbent, or is imposed, as a rule,
        a duty, obligation, or responsibility. "The incumbencies
        of a family." --Donne.
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     4. The state of holding a benefice; the full possession and
        exercise of any office.
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              These fines are only to be paid to the bishop during
              his incumbency.                       --Swift.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  incumbency
       n 1: the term during which some position is held [syn: {tenure},
            {term of office}]
       2: a duty that is incumbent upon you
       3: the office of an incumbent

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  71 Moby Thesaurus words for "incumbency":
     accountability, accountableness, advowson, amenability,
     answerability, answerableness, appointment, bale, benefice, berth,
     billet, burden, burdening, burthen, care of souls, cargo, charge,
     charging, cumber, cumbrance, curacy, cure, deadweight,
     dedication to duty, devotion to duty, drag, duteousness,
     dutifulness, employment, encumbrance, engagement, freight, gig,
     glebe, handicap, incubus, job, lading, liability, living, load,
     loading, millstone, moonlighting, office, opening, oppression,
     overload, overtaxing, overweighting, place, position, post,
     prelacy, pressure, rectory, responsibility, responsibleness,
     saddling, second job, sense of duty, sense of obligation, service,
     situation, station, superincumbency, surcharge, taxing, tenure,
     vacancy, vicarage