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Definition of Preobtaining
1. preobtain [v] - See also: preobtain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preobtaining
Literary usage of Preobtaining
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary: Comprising the Terms and Phrases of American by Walter A. Shumaker, George Foster Longsdorf, James Christopher Cahill (1922)
"In the ancient English statutes, it signifies a preobtaining of churches benefices
in England from the church of Rome, which belonged to the gift of the ..."
2. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"It was applied especially to the preobtaining from the Roman see of benefices
belonging lo lay patrons. Impetus. ..."
3. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"It was applied especially to the preobtaining from the Roman see of benefices
belonging to lay patrons. Impetus. Momentum (qv}. ..."