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abbacy

/ˈæb.ə.si/

abbacy noun: the dignity, estate, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess.

Noun

abbacy (plural abbacies)

  1. The dignity, estate, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess.

abbacy meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

abbacy in Tamil

உரிமை, சலுகைகள்

abbacy in Vietnamese

dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot
chức vị trưởng tu viện, quyền hạn trưởng tu viện, chức vị viện chủ tu viện, quyền hạn viện chủ tu viện

Synonyms of abbacy

Forms of abbacy

pluralabbacies
alternative form (obsolete)abbatie

Origin of abbacy

From Middle English abbathie, from Late Latin abbātia, from abbās, abbātis (“abbot”). Doublet of abbey and Opatija.

Questions about abbacy

What does abbacy mean?
Abbacy means the dignity, estate, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess.
What is abbacy in Tamil?
Abbacy in Tamil is உரிமை, சலுகைகள். See Abbacy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is abbacy?
Abbacy is a noun.
How do you pronounce abbacy?
Abbacy is pronounced /ˈæb.ə.si/ (US).
What is the plural of abbacy?
The plural of abbacy is abbacies.

Words near abbacy in the dictionary

  1. abb-wools
  2. abb.
  3. abba
  4. abbacies
  5. abbacination
  6. abbacy
  7. Abbadid
  8. Abbadide
  9. Abbadides
  10. Abbadids
  11. ABBAesque

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abbacy (page history and authors); abbacy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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