abbot
noun
a man who is the head or superior, usually elected, of a monastery.
abbotship
-
a word derived from
abbot.
Example Sentences
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Three forbidden things of a church: a nun as bellringer, a veteran in the abbotship, a drop upon the altar.
From The Triads of Ireland by Kuno Meyer
In 1134, after nine years of painful struggle, he definitely left St. Gildas, without, however, resigning the abbotship.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle
A fellow-countryman, indeed, the only other person let into the secret, advised him to secure by means of the relics an abbotship, if not a bishopric, in the Holy Land.
From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Alexander Van Millingen
Patrick left his dalta Benen there in abbotship during the space of twenty years.
From The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings by James O'Leary
