Definition of Comarb

1. coarb [n -S] - See also: coarb

Lexicographical Neighbors of Comarb

comaker
comakers
comakes
comaking
comal
comalike
comanage
comanaged
comanagement
comanagements
comanager
comanagers
comanages
comanaging
comancheite
comarb (current term)
comarbs
comarket
comarketed
comarketing
comarkets
comart
comarts
comas
comast
comasts
comate
comates
comatic
comatik

Literary usage of Comarb

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

1. Notes on the Early History of the Dioceses of Tuam, Killalla and Achonry by Hubert Thomas Knox (1904)
"The crosses mark their date as not later than 1150 because the name U Ossin abbot appears on one and the name Aed u Ossin comarb of ..."

2. The Annals of Loch Cé: A Chronicle of Irish Affairs from A.D. 1014 to A.D. 1590 by Brian MacDermot, William Maunsell Hennessy (1871)
"And the comarb himself came to them on the morrow, in great fury and rage on ... relate that the way in which the comarb obtamed this foster-son was, ..."

3. St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland: A Memoir of His Life and Mission : with an by James Henthorn Todd (1864)
"Gilla mac Liac, comarb of Patrick. The Saxons came into Erinn. Erinn was wounded by them. Domhnall, grandson of Brian, ..."

4. Annala Uladh: Annals of Ulster, otherwise, Annala Senait, Annals of Senat; a by Royal Irish Academy, Cathal Mac Maghnusa Maguire (1887)
"Cluain-mic-Nois was plundered by the men of Munster. Martain, 'comarb' of ... comarb ' of Colum-Cille,10 and Oengus Ua ... when he 7 ' comarb of ..."

5. Insula Sanctorum Et Doctorum: Or, Ireland's Ancient Schools and Scholars by John Healy (1890)
"It may be that Kells was still a rival, and' that its abbot also claimed to be comarb of Columba ; if so, this decree settled the question ; and the new ..."

6. The History of the County of Mayo to the Close of the Sixteenth Century by Hubert Thomas Knox (1908)
"I see some indications that distinction was made between endowments given to the ancient comarb or church, and those given to the abbot and convent of New ..."

7. The History of the County of Mayo to the Close of the Sixteenth Century by Hubert Thomas Knox (1908)
"The note in the Annals of Clonmacnoise recording this event mentions comarb and Termon lands as transferred. The distinction is not clear, but I apprehend ..."

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