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coarbs

coarbs is the plural of coarb.

Meaning of coarb

Noun

coarb (plural coarbs)

  1. (historical) The successor to the founder of a religious institution.
    • These abbots were sometimes bishops; but whether they were bishops or of lower rank in the ministry, their authority was inherent in their office of coarb.1920, H. J. Lawlor, St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh
  2. (historical) The head of one of the families composing an old Irish sept.

Questions about coarbs

What is coarbs the plural of?
Coarbs is the plural of coarb.

Words near coarbs in the dictionary

  1. coarb
  2. coarbiter
  3. coarbiters
  4. coarbitrator
  5. coarbitrators
  6. coarbs
  7. coarbship
  8. coarbships
  9. coarc
  10. coarchitect
  11. coarchitects

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