Crossword clues for abbatial
abbatial
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abbatial \Ab*ba"tial\ ([a^]b*b[=a]"shal), a. [LL. abbatialis : cf. F. abbatial.] Belonging to an abbey; as, abbatial rights.
Wiktionary
a. Belonging to, relating to, or pertaining to an abbey, abbot, or abbess. (Late 17th century.)(R:OCD2: page=1)(R:SOED5: page=3)
WordNet
adj : of or having to do with or belonging to an abbey or abbot, or abbess
Usage examples of "abbatial".
Basilica or abbatial church, completely upside down, because even the light, which gently licked capitals that faded into the shadows of the very high vaults, came not from rose windows or vitrages, but from the watery pavement, which reflected the moving flames of the visitors.
He had approached a group that was skillfully covering a construction of wooden beams, as if it were an abbatial church, using a windlass of great dimensions which was not moved by manpower but by the toil of a horse.
There is whispering below the groan of an electric space heater and then I am ushered into what must be the abbatial den.