(n.) A vacant living or benefice commended to a cleric (usually a bishop) who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided. A living so held was said to be held in commendam. The practice was abolished by law in 1836.
(a.) Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation; obligatory; always with on or upon.
(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.
(a.) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird.
(n.) A person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any office.
Example Sentences:
(1) The umpires allow them a different one, perhaps because the previous incumbent was wet - it landed in a puddle, where the water-sucking thing had egested, apparently.
(2) Therefore, it is incumbent upon clinicians to know the signs and symptoms of using steroids, and to be familiar with the clinical indications for urine testing.
(3) Crisis engulfs Gabon hospital founded to atone for colonial crimes Read more At least seven people died and more than 1,000 were arrested in violent protests following the announcement of the election result earlier this month, which the leader of the opposition, Jean Ping, said Bongo, the incumbent, had rigged.
(4) Incumbents facing competitive re-election battles in November, including Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Marco Rubio of Florida, Rob Portman of Ohio, John McCain of Arizona and Richard Burr of North Carolina, voted for that bill, which had the backing of the NRA.
(5) Akin, a six-term congressman running against incumbent Democratic senator Claire McCaskill, was asked in an interview broadcast Sunday on St Louis television station KTVI if he would support abortions for women who have been raped.
(6) The incumbent mayor has set his sights on stronger powers over the London economy as he seeks re-election for a second term on 3 May.
(7) He told the conference: "As you succeed in getting more and more business, the incumbent's tactic is to retreat slowly.
(8) If that suggests that Norwegian and Australian voters are poised to reward these centre-left incumbents for their management, think again.
(9) All the bridge-building exercises in the world will not help Woodward if he fails in his most pressing task: to find the right replacement for Moyes and deliver the players the new incumbent requires.
(10) It is incumbent on the US, Britain and France to do their utmost to help the country win the peace.
(11) Polls released this week showed the radical left anti-austerity Syriza party still in the ascendant, and analysts have expressed doubts that the incumbent New Democracy party will be able to overturn its lead.
(12) Yet even this may yet be tempered by the realisation that life in the assembly will be easier to manage due to the departure of the previous incumbent, Leighton Andrews.
(13) During the past 11 elections where an incumbent ran for re-election and there was a Gallup poll (all since 1940, save 1944), there has been a statistical trend for the president's approval rating to rise during the campaign.
(14) That is, an incumbent Democrat, for example, would tend to do better than a new Democrat running for the same seat.
(15) The increased accessibility of sports medicine clinics makes it incumbent on the physician to be familiar with a wide range of differential diagnoses.
(16) There is a certain provincialism – this is a state where people really do still expect the candidates to show up.” Most agree this favours the incumbent.
(17) It is incumbent upon the physician first to decide what is the most likely diagnosis to be correct; and then to undertake treatment indicated for that diagnosis.
(18) Maréchal-Le Pen has a chance of winning, and becoming France's first Front National MP in decades, despite a difficult battle against the favourite, the incumbent, from the right wing of Sarkozy's UMP party, who has won six successive parliamentary elections.
(19) 8 March 2008: Anwar leads an opposition coalition to wrest a third of parliament's seats and five states from the incumbent National Front coalition, which has ruled Malaysia since it became independent from Britain in 1957.
(20) Issa Hayatou, president of Caf, who is among 10 Fifa executive committee members to be questioned in Zurich, has declared the continent united in its support of the incumbent.