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non-ˈresidence
[non- 1.]
1. Failure of a clergyman to reside where his official duties require him to reside; systematic absence of a clergyman from his benefice or charge.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 424 He seiþ þat propring of chirchis is leeueful, & noun residense is excusid bi siche a viker þat holdiþ his stede. 1425Rolls of Parlt. IV. 290/2 Because of noun residens of Persons of holy Chirche, opon theire Personages, mykell pepull lakkes bothe gostely fode, and bodely. 1530Act 21 Hen. VIII, c. 13 §17 Provyded alwais that this Acte of none resydence shall not in any wyse extende ne be prejudiciall to any such spirituall person [etc.]. 1587in Marprel. Controv. (Arb.) 65 Non-residences haue cut the throte of our Church. 1653Milton Hirelings Wks. 1851 V. 385 Thir Pluralities, thir Nonresidences, thir odious Fees [etc.]. 1723Swift Argts. agst. Power of Bps. Wks. 1751 IX. 42 As to Non-Residence, I believe there is no Christian Country upon Earth, where the Clergy have less to answer for upon that Article. 1808Syd. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 126 A law..fixing what shall be legal and sufficient causes for non-residence. 1892J. C. Blomfield Hist. Heyford 68 The last [century]..so sadly notorious for the pluralism and non-residence of the parochial clergy.
†b. fig. Departure from. Obs.
1615T. Adams Englands Sickness 8, I might here inferre to your obseruation (without any non-residence from the Text) that the Church is called Filia Jerusalem.
2. transf. and gen. The fact of not residing in a particular place.
1585Reg. Privy Council Scot. IV. 39 The lang want of the administratioun of civile justice be non-residence of the Lords of Sessioun, quhilk hes happynnit throw occasioun of the lait plague. 1827Gentl. Mag. XCVII. ii. 594 The gradual decay of the castle, through neglect and the non⁓residence of the Earls. 1884Law Times Rep. L. 177/2 The non-residence of the applicant [a foreigner] is a cogent argument against such interference. |