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abbacy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | jurisdiction |
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In 1148 he was elected to the abbacy of Melrose, a daughter house of Rievaulx.
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As a result of Odo's past support of Lothar Charles had him removed from the abbacy.
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The sources on Ratgar's abbacy provide conflicting pictures of his rule.
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A Protestant abbacy was re-established in 1651, with the seminary reopening five years later.
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As a result, William resigned the abbacy in April 1170.
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On the death of Adrian, Albinus succeeded to the abbacy, being the first native Englishman who filled that post.
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This author lived during the abbacy of Attala, Columbanus's immediate successor, and his informants had been companions of the saint.
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In 584, during the abbacy of Bonitus, the Lombards sacked the Abbey, and the surviving monks fled to Rome, where they remained for more than a century.
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During his abbacy, a dispute that had dragged on between Gloucester and the Archdiocese of York over some manors was finally settled in Gloucester's favour.
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- The jurisdiction or office of an abbot
- (Abbacies) The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery. The female equivalent is Abbess.
- Abbey, or abbot's office
