abbotry
abbotry noun: the position of abbot.
Noun
abbotry (plural abbotries)
- 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
- This gives an average to the reign of each abbot of nearly a quarter of a century, but Abbot Walter, elected in 1323, found the abbotry so good that he held it no less than fifty-five years.1871, James Redding Ware, The Isle of Wight, page 93
Examples of abbotry in a sentence
- Philip Whalen was stung and nonplussed by Spicer's criticism, though in later years, mellowed by Zen abbotry, he dismissed Spicer as "unpleasant to everyone."1998, Lewis Ellingham, Kevin Killian, Poet Be Like God: Jack Spicer and the San Francisco Renaissance, →ISBN:
- The abbot's body was lifted onto a dray and carried thus in haste to the abbotry offices.2000, Robert Brunner, Letters from Martin: Summer, 1252 A.D, →ISBN, page 18:
Forms of abbotry
| plural | abbotries |
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Origin of abbotry
From abbot + -ry.
Questions about abbotry
- What does abbotry mean?
- Abbotry means the position of abbot.
- How do you use abbotry in a sentence?
- Philip Whalen was stung and nonplussed by Spicer's criticism, though in later years, mellowed by Zen abbotry, he dismissed Spicer as "unpleasant to everyone."
- What part of speech is abbotry?
- Abbotry is a noun.
- What is the plural of abbotry?
- The plural of abbotry is abbotries.
Words near abbotry in the dictionary
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