Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

obvention

/ɒbˈvɛnʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ob-ven-tion
IPA: /ɒbˈvɛnʃən/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of happening incidentally; that which happens casually; an incidental advantage.

Obsolete

noun

A church revenue, especially one of an occasional or incidental character.

Example Sentences

"Tithes and other obventions."
"Legacies bequeathed by the deaths of princes and great persons, and other casualities and obventions."
"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."
"His altarage is worth 10s. a year, which is capable of proof, because he leases half of it for 5s., reserving to himself obvention bread."

Etymology

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.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: obventio

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

obventions (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce obvention?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɒbˈvɛnʃən/.
What does obvention mean?: The act of happening incidentally; that which happens casually; an incidental advantage.
Where does obvention come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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