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Superinduced :: Superincumbent (a.) Lying or resting on something else.

Incumbent :: Incumbent (a.) Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent.

Dilapidation :: Dilapidation (n.) Ecclesiastical waste; impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or by intention..

Creep :: Creep (n.) A slow rising of the floor of a gallery, occasioned by the pressure of incumbent strata upon the pillars or sides; a gradual movement of mining ground..

Procuration :: Procuration (n.) A sum of money paid formerly to the bishop or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; -- called also proxy..

Residence :: Residence (n.) The residing of an incumbent on his benefice; -- opposed to nonresidence.

Fill :: Fill (a.) To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a vacancy..

Corbel :: Corbel (n.) A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture..

Voidance :: Voidance (n.) The state of being void; vacancy, as of a benefice which is without an incumbent..

Incumbency :: Incumbency (n.) That which is morally incumbent, or is imposed, as a rule, a duty, obligation, or responsibility..

Notorhizal :: Notorhizal (a.) Having the radicle of the embryo lying against the back of one of the cotyledons; incumbent.

Incumbently :: Incumbently (adv.) In an incumbent manner; so as to be incumbent.

Incumbent :: Incumbent (a.) Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation; obligatory; always with on or upon..

Void :: Void (a.) Having no incumbent; unoccupied; -- said of offices and the like.

Incumbent :: Incumbent (n.) A person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any office.

Spoliation :: Spoliation (v. t.) The act of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his benefice without right, but under a pretended title..

Insistent :: Insistent (a.) See Incumbent.

Superincumbent :: Superincumbency (n.) The quality or state of being superincumbent.

Lintel :: Lintel (n.) A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture..

Incumbent :: Incumbent (a.) Leaning or resting; -- said of anthers when lying on the inner side of the filament, or of cotyledons when the radicle lies against the back of one of them..

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