abbacy

[ ab-uh-see ]

/ ˈæb ə si /

the rank, rights, privileges, or jurisdiction of an abbot.

the term of office of an abbot.

Origin of abbacy

1400–50; late Middle English abbacie, abbat(h)ie < Late Latin abbātia (cf. abbey), equivalent to abbāt- (see abbot) + -ia -ia

abaxial, abaya, abb, abba, abba-dabba, abbacy, abbado, abbai, abbas, abbas i, abbasid

Turgeis himself is reported to have usurped the abbacy of Armagh.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 7 |Various
That event happened during the abbacy of Frederic, and was one which greatly influenced the learning of the monks.

Bibliomania in the Middle Ages |Frederick Somner Merryweather
This royal scholar had more books transcribed during his abbacy than any of his predecessors.

The Catholic World. Volume II; Numbers 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. |E. Rameur
When Malachy secured possession of the see he remained long enough in Armagh to establish himself in the abbacy.

St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh |H. J. Lawlor

The tower was built by Clement Lichfield in the last years of his abbacy, and hardly finished at his resignation in 1539.

Evesham |Edmund H. New

abbacy

/ (ˈæbəsɪ) /

the office, term of office, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess

C15: from Church Latin abbātia, from abbāt- abbot