Crossword clues for abbacy
abbacy
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abbacy \Ab"ba*cy\ ([a^]b"b[.a]*s[y^]), n.; pl. Abbacies (-s[i^]z). [L. abbatia, fr. abbas, abbatis, abbot. See Abbey.] The dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot.
Wiktionary
n. The dignity, estate, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess. (First attested around 1350 to 1470.)(R:SOED5: page=3)
WordNet
n : the jurisdiction or office of an abbot
Wikipedia
Abbacy may refer to:
- The office of an abbot
- Territorial abbacy (territorial abbey)
- Prince-abbacy
Usage examples of "abbacy".
When Biscop Constance raised me to the abbacy of Herford Monastery, she strictly enjoined me to see that travelers were always well cared for.
He was rigid and cruel, put earls in bondage who had acted against his wishes, cast bishops from their bishoprics and abbots from their abbacies, and thanes into prison .
My mother has promised me the abbacy of Firsebarg as soon as the old abbot dies.
Whatever benefices you have received, such as the abbacy, would certainly be revoked.
It proved a lucky thing for Roderiga that he had assumed this pious attitude, for his protector died after a reign of three years three months and nineteen days, and he was now sustained by his own merit alone against the numerous enemies he had made by his rapid rise to fortune: so during the whole of the reign of Pius II he lived always apart from public affairs, and only reappeared in the days of Sixtus IV, who made him the gift of the abbacy of Subiaco, and sent him in the capacity of ambassador to the kings of Aragon and Portugal.
The man who received an office in in commendam was not required to fulfill the duties attached to the position and when a living or an abbacy was granted in this way during the incumbency of another, the recipient received its entire income during a subsequent vacancy.