abbacy.

The office, authority, or period of service of an abbot.

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Words that belong together

• hold an abbacy
• during his abbacy

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The roof was rebuilt during his abbacy, though the accounts concealed its cost.

She dated the letter by the disputed abbacy mentioned in its closing line.

Usage notes

Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular abbacy; plural abbacies. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.