Crossword clues for incumbency
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Incumbency \In*cum"ben*cy\, n.; pl. Incumbencies. [From Incumbent.]
The state of being incumbent; a lying or resting on something.
That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight.
--Evelyn.That which is morally incumbent, or is imposed, as a rule, a duty, obligation, or responsibility. ``The incumbencies of a family.''
--Donne.-
The state of holding a benefice; the full possession and exercise of any office.
These fines are only to be paid to the bishop during his incumbency.
--Swift.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, from incumbent + -cy.
Wiktionary
n. The state of being incumbent.
WordNet
n. the term during which some position is held [syn: tenure, term of office]
a duty that is incumbent upon you
the office of an incumbent
Usage examples of "incumbency".
The Hoover incumbency would be undercut as a factor in the forthcoming Berrigan and Ellsberg trials.
The man who received an office in in commendam was not required to fulfill the duties attached to the position and when a living or an abbacy was granted in this way during the incumbency of another, the recipient received its entire income during a subsequent vacancy.
By the time Reagan was elected, Congresscritters of both parties were the beneficiaries of such powerful incumbency advantages that it was impossible to bring in Republican control of the House.
In the brief time of his incumbency, I have no doubt that the shockingly public moral turpitude of the team has made a worse name for what I was once proud to claim as my Alma Mater than a lifetime of gridiron victories can possibly offset.
In 1789, the Archbishop of Besançon, out of fifteen hundred offices and benefices, had the patronage of one hundred, In ninety three incumbencies the selections were made by the metropolitan chapter.
One abbé had thirteen incumbencies at his disposal, another thirty-four, another thirty-five, a prior nine, an abbess twenty.
This was the first major crisis of the incumbency and the middle-aged politicians were learning the hard way the first rule of crisis manage.