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Webster 1913 Edition

Abbacy

Ab′ba-cy

(ăb′bȧ-sy̆)

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Abbacies

(-sĭz)

.

[L.

abbatia

, fr.

abbas

,

abbatis

, abbot. See

.]

The dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot.

Webster 1828 Edition

Abbacy

AB'BACY

,

Noun.

[from abba, Low Lat, abbatia.] The dignity, rights and privileges of an abbot. It comprehends the government and revenues.

Definition 2024

abbacy

abbacy

English

Alternative forms

Noun

abbacy ‎(plural abbacies)

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

Translations

dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot

Armenian: աբբայություն (hy) ‎(abbayutʿyun)
Bulgarian: аба́тство (bg) n ‎(abátstvo)
Catalan: abadia (ca) f
Esperanto: abateco, 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: abbeddømme, abbedgjeld, abbedverdighet

Nynorsk: abbeddømme, abbedgjeld
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 2 3 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 3