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Definition of Abbotship
1. n. The state or office of an abbot.
Definition of Abbotship
1. Noun. The state, term, or office of an abbot; abbacy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abbotship
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abbotship
Literary usage of Abbotship
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Typographical antiquities: an historical account of printing in England by Joseph Ames (1810)
"During the abbotship of Milling, and while Edward IV. was compelled to leave the
coun-- try, from the temporary success of his rival the Earl of Warwick, ..."
2. Memorials of Old Somerset by Frederick John Snell (1906)
"At last, a final concord was reached and solemnly ratified on May 17th, 1219, by
which Bishop Jocelyn gave up the abbotship and the title of Glastonbury as ..."
3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"It shall receive the abbotship of Hirschfeld. 3. ... and by the abbotship Fulda,
in return for its surrender of the captured places. 5. ..."
4. A Volume of English Miscellanies Illustrating the History and Language of by James Raine (1890)
"abbotship, sb. The office or place of Abbot. ... wyll to resigne the abbotship
then my prebend.' 1645-6. York House Book, xxxvi. 175. ..."
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