DEPRIVATION, in the common law, the act of hereaving, divesting, or taking away a spiritual promotion or dignity: as when a bishop, vicar, prebend, or the like, is deposed or deprived of his preferment, for some matter or fault, in fact or in law. See DEPOSITION.
Deprivation is of two kinds; à beneficio, et ab officio. DEPRIVATION à beneficio is, when for some great crime a minister is wholly and for ever deprived of his living or preferment; which differs from suspension, in that the latter is only temporary.