Definition of Abbatial

1. Adjective. Of or having to do with or belonging to an abbey or abbot, or abbess.

Derivative terms: Abbess, Abbey, Abbey, Abbey, Abbot
Partainyms: Abbey

Definition of Abbatial

1. a. Belonging to an abbey; as, abbatial rights.

Definition of Abbatial

1. Adjective. Belonging to, relating to, or pertaining to an abbey, abbot, or abbess. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Abbatial

1. pertaining to an abbot [adj] - See also: abbot

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abbatial

abazis
abb
abb-wool
abb.
abb wool
abb wools
abba
abbacies
abbacination
abbacy
abbas
abbaser
abbasis
abbatess
abbatesss
abbatial (current term)
abbatical
abbaye
abbe
abbes
abbess
abbesses
abbetdin
abbethdin
abbethdins
abbey-lubber
abbey-lubbers
abbeylike
abbeys

Literary usage of Abbatial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Abbatial Crosier: Or, Bonaik and Septimine, a Tale of a Medieval Abbessby Eugène Sue by Eugène Sue (1908)
""The eighth of the series of Eugene Sue's historic novels known collectively under the title 'The mysteries of the people; or, History of a..."

2. How France Built Her Cathedrals: A Study in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly (1921)
"DENIS-EN-FRANCE 43 Evolution from Romanesque to Gothic—St. Denis' abbatial, the first important Gothic monument—Some early-Gothic churches in the ..."

3. The Monks of the West, from St. Benedict to St. Bernard by Charles Forbes Montalembert, Aurélien Courson (1872)
"The hut which formed his abbatial palace at lona. — His prayers; his work of transcription. — His crowd of visitors. — His severity in the examination of ..."

4. Domesday Studies: An Analysis and Digest of the Somerset Survey (according by Robert William Eyton (1880)
"... abbatial LIBERTY OF MUCHELNEY. NOTES ON THE TABLE (VOL. П. PP. ... formed the site and abbatial estate of the Monastery of Muchelney. ..."

5. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1880)
"Therefore if this church is a monument of baronial and abbatial power long departed, it is yet more so of the strength of ..."

6. Descriptive guide of Mont Saint-Michel by Édouard Jules Corroyer, Edouard Corroyer (1883)
"abbatial BUILDINGS • The court yard of the church is formed : on the right by the beautiful bases of the chancel rebuilt in the second half of the XVth ..."

7. The Story of the Stick in All Ages and Lands: A Philosophical History and by Antony Réal (1892)
"As the emblem of abbatial dignity, as well as of pastoral dignity, ... Evangelical morality had nothing to gain from the power of abbatial crosiers ..."

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