Associations to the word «Abbacy»

Wiktionary

ABBACY, noun. The dignity, estate, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

Dictionary definition

ABBACY, noun. The jurisdiction or office of an abbot.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope