Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The office, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office of an abbot; an abbot's dignity, rights, privileges, and jurisdiction.
- noun An abbatial establishment; an abbey with all that pertains to it.
- noun Also called
abbotcy .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the jurisdiction or office of an abbot
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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An event of his abbacy was the interment in Croyland church of the Saxon Earl Walthe of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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During the abbacy of Geoffrey (1037-1052) Mary was recognized as the patron of that church in a papal bull dated April 27, 1050, by Pope Leo IX.
Anti-Catholicism 2009
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A large part of the present building was constructed during the abbacy of William Parker, last Abbot of Gloucester, around the year 1520.
Prinknash Abbey 2009
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They'll-get-you-coming-and-going, from his Grove entry: Apart from [his appointment as Abbot of] Löpsingen, he had three sources of income — a stipend from the Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide in Rome, the abbacy of San Stefano in Carrara, near Padua, and a provostship in the Rhenish town of Seltz.
Was (Not Was) Matthew Guerrieri 2009
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Short though his abbacy was, he brought great prestige to the foundation as it became a burial place for several kings. posted by John at 8: 36 PM
Ss Petri & Pauli John 2009
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They'll-get-you-coming-and-going, from his Grove entry: Apart from [his appointment as Abbot of] Löpsingen, he had three sources of income — a stipend from the Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide in Rome, the abbacy of San Stefano in Carrara, near Padua, and a provostship in the Rhenish town of Seltz.
Archive 2009-03-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2009
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During the abbacy of Geoffrey (1037-1052) Mary was recognized as the patron of that church in a papal bull dated April 27, 1050, by Pope Leo IX.
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Short though his abbacy was, he brought great prestige to the foundation as it became a burial place for several kings. posted by John at 8: 36 PM
Saint Diarmuid John 2009
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Bride, do you, father Jerome, the abbot of said house, to know, that finding you were disposed to treat me as a prisoner and a spy, in the sanctuary to which you had received me as a distressed person, I have resolved to use my natural liberty, with which you have no right to interfere, and therefore have withdrawn myself from your abbacy.
Castle Dangerous 2008
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Paschal, in response to this criticism and schismatis et discordiae metuens, recanted his decision to allow Bruno to be both abbot and bishop at once and compelled him to return to Segni. 15 If Bruno had seen the abbacy of Monte Cassino as placing him closer to the papacy, this certainly put an end to that ambition.
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