abadía

See also: abadia and abadiá

Galician

Abadía de Samos (abbey of Samos), Galicia

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese abadia (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abaˈdi.a/, [aβaˈði.ɐ]

Noun

abadía f (plural abadías)

1. abbey
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 133:

     et en com̃o fez moytas abbadias et moytas igleias por lo mũdo; et en com̃o as enrrequentou et en com̃o tirou moytos corpos de santos que jaziã soterrados en terra et os meteu en moymẽtos d'ouro et de prata

     and how he made many abbeys and many churches all over the world; and how he enriched them and how he took the bodies of many saints that lay buried in the ground and put them inside gold and silver monuments

2. abbeystead

Related terms

• abade
• abadesa

Further reading

• “abadía”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “abadia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “abadia”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “abadía”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “abadía”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

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Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātia, based on Latin abbas (“abbot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abaˈdia/ [a.β̞aˈð̞i.a]

• Audio (Spain):

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Noun

abadía f (plural abadías)

1. abbey
2. abbeystead

Derived terms

• casa mía, casa mía, por pequeña que tú seas, me pareces una abadía

 

Related terms

• abad
• abadesa

Further reading

• “abadía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014