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Definition of Abbacy
1. Noun. The jurisdiction or office of an abbot.
Definition of Abbacy
1. n. The dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot.
Definition of Abbacy
1. Noun. The dignity, estate, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abbacy
1. the office of an abbot [n -CIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abbacy
Literary usage of Abbacy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers A.D. 500 to 1286 by Alan Orr Anderson (1908)
"The abbacy of Melrose, St. Mary's; white monks. The abbacy of Dryburgh ; white
... The abbacy of Kelse, St. Mary's ; grey monks. The abbacy of Coldstream ..."
2. Original Letters Illustrative of English History: Including Numerous Royal by Henry Ellis (1846)
"John Browning succeeded him in the abbacy, and was himself succeeded about 1535
by Thomas Stephens. Whether Browning was the abbot of Waverley who was so ..."
3. Charters, bulls and other documents relating to the abbey of Inchaffray by Inchaffray abbey, William Alexander Lindsay, John Dowden, John Maitland Thomson (1908)
"VIII [Gift of the abbacy by Queen Mary to James Drummond for his lifetime, 26
July 1565.] IX [Institution of James Drummond to the abbacy of ..."
4. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"... illiam Mart ell the sacrist, who vainly tried to succeed to the abbacy on
Simon's death (Gesta <S. Albani, pp. 19-), 199). [Hardy's Descriptive Cat. i. ..."
5. The Monastic Annals of Teviotdale, Or, The History and Antiquities of the by James Morton (1832)
"I. » "TAXT ROLL OF THE abbacy OF JEDBURGH, 1626. " 3d January, 1626. In a judicial
court of the lordship and abbacy of Jedburgh, holden within the kirk of ..."
6. History of Arbroath to the Present Time: With Notices of the Civil and by George Hay (1899)
"Like several of his predecessors in the abbacy, he is scarcely to be judged as
a churchman. He entered the Church as being almost the only place at that ..."
7. Ingulph's Chronicle of the Abbey of Croyland: With the Continuations by by Ingulph, Peter (1908)
"The abbacy had been vacant at this time for the space of three months and a few
days, the king, after the most abominable example of his brother William, ..."
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