Abbacy

Definition of abbacy:

part of speech: noun

Office, dignity, or rights of an abbot.

part of speech: noun

The office of an abbot.

Usage examples for abbacy:

• All this done, the serious question should be put to the people of the abbacy whether they will agree to break up the monastery, and if so, it shall be done promptly and peacefully, unless resistance is offered. "The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli", Johann Hottinger.

• It was founded immediately after the Conquest; Lanfranc colonised it with French monks; it became an abbacy at the very end of the fourteenth century, and was remarkable for its continual accretion of wealth, an accretion in some part due to the growing importance of London throughout its existence. "The Historic Thames", Hilaire Belloc.

• At the death of Charles, Ronsard retired to his native province, where he had an abbacy Croix- Val. "A Short History of French Literature", George Saintsbury.