Definition of Abbacies

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abbacy
n. office or position of an abbot (head of a monastery)

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Abbacies Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Abbacies
(pl. )
of Abbacy
  

WordNet 2.0
abbacy

Noun
1. the jurisdiction or office of an abbot
(hypernym) jurisdiction

hEnglish - advanced version
abbacies

abbacies
(-s&ibreve;z). [l. abbatia, fr. abbas, abbatis, abbot. see abbey.] the dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot...
see also abbacy