All 3 Uses of
incumbent
in
Jane Eyre
- To be sure I am distantly related to the Rochesters by the mother's side, or at least my husband was; he was a clergyman, incumbent of Hay — that little village yonder on the hill — and that church near the gates was his.†
Chpt 11
- I am but the incumbent of a poor country parish: my aid must be of the humblest sort.†
Chpt 29 *
- "I believe you will accept the post I offer you," said he, "and hold it for a while: not permanently, though: any more than I could permanently keep the narrow and narrowing — the tranquil, hidden office of English country incumbent; for in your nature is an alloy as detrimental to repose as that in mine, though of a different kind."†
Chpt 30
Definition:
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(incumbent as in: the incumbent governor) the person who currently holds an official position