abbacy

abbacy

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.ə.si/

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Noun

abbacy (plural abbacies)

1. The dignity, estate, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]

   Synonyms: abbotric(obsolete), abbotrick(obsolete)

Translations

dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot

Armenian: աբբայություն (hy) (abbayutʿyun) Bulgarian: аба́тство (bg) n (abátstvo) Catalan: abadia (ca) f Esperanto: abateco (eo), abata jurisdikcio Finnish: apotin virka, apotin arvo French: abbatiat (fr) m Hungarian: apátság (hu) Irish: abacht f, abdhaine f (rare) Old Irish: apdaine f Manx: abbaght f Norwegian: Bokmål: abbedverdighet m Nynorsk: abbeddømme, abbedgjeld Polish: opactwo (pl) n Portuguese: abadia (pt) f Russian: абба́тство (ru) n (abbátstvo) Scottish Gaelic: abaideachd f, luamhnachd f Ukrainian: аба́тство (uk) n (abátstvo) Vietnamese: chức vị trưởng tu viện, quyền hạn trưởng tu viện, chức vị viện chủ tu viện, quyền hạn viện chủ tu viện Welsh: abadaeth f, abadiaeth f

References

1. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abbacy”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

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Scots

Alternative forms

• abbasy, abbacie

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑbəsi/

Noun

abbacy

1. abbey

References

• “abbacy, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.