incumbency

incumbency
    n 1: the term during which some position is held [syn: {tenure},
         {term of office}, {incumbency}]
    2: a duty that is incumbent upon you
    3: the office of an incumbent
    

Incumbency \In*cum"ben*cy\, n.; pl. {Incumbencies}. [From
   {Incumbent}.]
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   1. The state of being incumbent; a lying or resting on
      something.
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   2. That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a
      burden; a weight. --Evelyn.
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   3. That which is morally incumbent, or is imposed, as a rule,
      a duty, obligation, or responsibility. "The incumbencies
      of a family." --Donne.
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   4. The state of holding a benefice; the full possession and
      exercise of any office.
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            These fines are only to be paid to the bishop during
            his incumbency.                       --Swift.
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71 Moby Thesaurus words for "incumbency":
      accountability, accountableness, advowson, amenability,
      answerability, answerableness, appointment, bale, benefice, berth,
      billet, burden, burdening, burthen, care of souls, cargo, charge,
      charging, cumber, cumbrance, curacy, cure, deadweight,
      dedication to duty, devotion to duty, drag, duteousness,
      dutifulness, employment, encumbrance, engagement, freight, gig,
      glebe, handicap, incubus, job, lading, liability, living, load,
      loading, millstone, moonlighting, office, opening, oppression,
      overload, overtaxing, overweighting, place, position, post,
      prelacy, pressure, rectory, responsibility, responsibleness,
      saddling, second job, sense of duty, sense of obligation, service,
      situation, station, superincumbency, surcharge, taxing, tenure,
      vacancy, vicarage