abbacy

[ ab-uh-see ]

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noun

, plural ab·ba·cies.

abbacy

/ ˈæbəsɪ /

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Origin of abbacy¹

1400–50; late Middle English abbacie, abbat ( h ) ie < Late Latin abbātia ( abbey ), equivalent to abbāt- ( abbot ) + -ia -ia

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Origin of abbacy¹

C15: from Church Latin abbātia, from abbāt- abbot

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Robert Ramsey succeeded to the abbacy in 1346, but of him nothing particular is recorded.

Falling into disgrace at court, he was banished to the abbacy of Bonport.

"Thou givest the abbacy to him above us all," said Brenainn.

And then were the charters of the King concerning the gift of the abbacy produced and read in full audience.

The tower was built by Clement Lichfield in the last years of his abbacy, and hardly finished at his resignation in 1539.

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