obvention

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of happening incidentally; that which happens casually; an incidental advantage; an occasional offering. obsolete
    — Tithes and other obventions.
  2. An church revenue, especially one of an occasional or incidental character.
    — The profits of the churches of London were formerly the oblations and obventions; for which a remedy is given by law: but the Tithes and Profits of the London clergy are now settled and appointed by Act of Parliament.

词形变化

obventions plural

词源

From Latin obventio, from obvenire (“to come before or in the way of, to befall”), from ob (see ob-) + venire (“to come”). Compare French obvention.
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