abbatial
Syllables: ab·ba·tial/əˈbeɪ.ʃəl/
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Australia/əˈbæɪ.ʃəl/
abbatial adjective: belonging to, relating to, or pertaining to an abbey, abbot, or abbess.
Adjective
abbatial (comparative more abbatial, superlative most abbatial)
- Belonging to, relating to, or pertaining to an abbey, abbot, or abbess.
- a possible abbatial vacancy
- Thus the abbatial succession came to be confined to members of the clan of the founder; and although originally the abbots were elected from the "founder's kin," and were distinct from those of the clan who possessed the abbatial lands, yet in process of time ecclesiastical line was merged in the...1869, John Stuart, The book of deer
abbatial meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Vietnamese
abbatial in Tamil
- மடத்துத் தலைவருக்குரிய, திருமடத்துக்குரிய
abbatial in Arabic
- belonging to an abbey
- دَيْرِيّ dayriyy, دَيْرَانِيّ dayrāniyy
abbatial in Vietnamese
- belonging to an abbey
- trưởng tu viện, viện chủ tu viện
Forms of abbatial
| comparative | more abbatial |
|---|---|
| superlative | most abbatial |
| alternative form | abbatical |
Origin of abbatial
Inherited from Middle English abbacyal, derived from Middle French abbatial, derived from Late Latin abbātiāl|is, ~e, from abbā|s, ~tis (“abbot”) + -āl|is, ~e (“-ial”). Doublet of abbot.
Words that rhyme with abbatial
- glacial
- facial
- unifacial
- bifacial
- equifacial
- microfacial
- palatial
- parafacial
- spatial
- subglacial
- acousticofacial
- acrofacial
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- basifacial
- biracial
- brachyfacial
- buccofacial
- cardiofacial
- centrofacial
- cephalofacial
- cervicofacial
- cofacial
- craniofacial
- curatial
- cytofacial
- dentofacial
- distofacial
- dolichofacial
- enantiofacial
- endofacial
- englacial
- epifacial
- exofacial
- extrafacial
- gustofacial
- hemifacial
- interglacial
- intrafacial
- labiofacial
- linguofacial
- lithofacial
- mandibulofacial
- maxillofacial
- mesiofacial
- mesofacial
- midfacial
- minifacial
- multifacial
- multiracial
- musculofacial
- nasofacial
- nonfacial
- nonracial
- nonspatial
- oculofacial
- odontofacial
- orofacial
- oromaxillofacial
- orthofacial
- panfacial
- perifacial
Questions about abbatial
- What does abbatial mean?
- Abbatial means belonging to, relating to, or pertaining to an abbey, abbot, or abbess.
- What is abbatial in Tamil?
- Abbatial in Tamil is மடத்துத் தலைவருக்குரிய, திருமடத்துக்குரிய. See Abbatial meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is abbatial?
- Abbatial is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce abbatial?
- Abbatial is pronounced /əˈbeɪ.ʃəl/ (UK).
Words near abbatial in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: abbatial (page history and authors); abbatial (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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