abbacy

English

Alternative forms

• abbatie (obsolete)

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/

• Audio (US):

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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.]

   Synonym: (obsolete) abbotric

Translations

dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot

• Armenian: աբբայություն (hy) (abbayutʻyun)
• 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

• Italian: abbazia (it)
• 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

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.