incumbency

The quality or condition of being incumbent.

Something incumbent; an obligation.

The holding of an office or ecclesiastical benefice.

The term of an office or benefice.

The state of being incumbent; a lying or resting on something: as, the incumbency of a burden.

That which is incumbent; a superincumbent weight, physical, mental, or moral; hence, a grave duty, responsibility, or obligation.

The state of being an incumbent or holder of an office; the discharge of official or stated functions of any kind, especially of ecclesiastical functions; specifically, the state of holding or being in possession of a church benefice.

The state of being incumbent; a lying or resting on something.

That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight.