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The exact sense of the word being lost, it was presumed to denote some ancient dignity, the holder of which was called abthanus or abthane.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Gospatricks and Dolfins, and the rest of the kindred of Crinan (abthane or abbot, -- let antiquaries decide), -- of Dunkeld, and of Duncan, and of
Hereward, the Last of the English Charles Kingsley 1847
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Scotland, IV; Fordun, II, 413) holds that the correct meaning of abthain (or abthane) is not "abbot" or "over-thane", but "abbey" or
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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