See Also: Incumbent(medicine)
incumbent(1)(dictionary)
incumbent(2)(dictionary)
incumbent 1, noun(dictionary)
incumbent 2, adjective(dictionary)
INCUMBENT, eccles(law)

incumbent(2) (iou)



incumbent noun. LME.
[Anglo-Latin incumbent-, -ens use as noun of pres. pple of Latin incumbere: see INCUMBENT adjective, -ENT.]
The holder of an ecclesiastical benefice. LME.
K. Amis The post of private chaplain..had had half a dozen incumbents.
gen. The holder of any post or position. L17.
J. C. Ransom The principal resistance..will come from the present incumbents of the professorial chairs.