Associations to the word «Abbacy»
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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.