OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 31753

incumbent

/ɪnˈkʌmb(ə)nt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
de turno • en ejercicio • en funciones
Being the current holder of an office or a title; specifically (Christianity, obsolete), of an ecclesiastical benefice.
But whether parishes,—as usually understood for places bounded in regard of the profits from the people therein, payable only to a pastor incumbent there;—I say, whether such paris…
If the incumbent senator dies, he is replaced by a person appointed by the governor.
competente • obligatorio
Followed by on or upon: imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one's office or position.
He begged Mrs. Tope's pardon when she found it incumbent on her to correct him in every detail of his summary of the facts, but pleaded that he was merely a single buffer getting t…
Proper behaviour is incumbent on all holders of positions of trust.