( n. )
The act or ceremony of investing a clergyman with the spiritual part of a benefice, by which the care of souls is committed to his charge.
( n. )
The act or ceremony of investing a clergyman with the spiritual part of a benefice, by which the care of souls is committed to his charge.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012