See also:

• INCUMBENT (from Lat. incumbere, to lean, lie upon)

INCUMBENT (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. incumbere, to lean, See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie upon)  , a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• TERM

term for the holder (See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector, See also:

• VICAR (Lat. vicarius, substitute)

vicar, See also:

• CURATE (from the Lat. curare, to take care of)

curate in See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge) of an ecclesiastical See also:

• BENEFICE (Lat. beneficium, benefit)

benefice (see BENEFICE) . In See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title is generally confined to See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

Clergy of the Episcopal See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church . The word in this application is See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar to See also:

• ENGLISH

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 (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty which is also found in See also:

• POST

post-classical Latin; to be " diligently See also:

• RESIDENT

resident " in a See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish or benefice, has also been suggested as the source of the meaning .