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

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne