obvention /ɒbˈvɛnʃən/ noun2 •A church revenue, especially one of an occasional or incidental character.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. — 1825 •(no longer used) The act of happening incidentally; that which happens casually; an incidental advantage.Tithes and other obventions. — 1596 formsobventions