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abbotries

abbotries is the plural of abbotry.

Meaning of abbotry

Noun

abbotry (plural abbotries)

  1. The position of abbot.
    • Thus ended the long and prosperous succession of the Abbotry of this renowned monastry, which, being a mitered one, gave its abbots great power and influence both in church and state.1781, Samuel Saunders, A description of the curiosities of Glastonbury, in Somersetshire, page 43

Questions about abbotries

What is abbotries the plural of?
Abbotries is the plural of abbotry.

Words near abbotries in the dictionary

  1. abbotesses
  2. abbotric
  3. abbotrick
  4. abbotricks
  5. abbotrics
  6. abbotries
  7. abbotry
  8. abbots
  9. Abbots Bickington
  10. Abbots Bromley
  11. abbots general

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abbotries (page history and authors); abbotry (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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