Abbacy

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  • noun. The office, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the jurisdiction or office of an abbot
  • Word Usage
    "An event of his abbacy was the interment in Croyland church of the Saxon Earl Walthe of"