The office, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot.
[Middle English abbatie, from Late Latin abbātia, from abbās, abbāt-, abbot. See abbot.]
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n., pl. -cies.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
the jurisdiction or office of an abbot
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- 1176 (chronology)
- St. Stephen Harding
- Jean Duvergier de Hauranne (French theologian)
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