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Webster 1913 Edition


Abbotship

Ab′bot-ship

(ăb′bŭt-shĭp)
,
Noun.
[
Abbot
+
-ship
.]
The state or office of an abbot.

Webster 1828 Edition


Abbotship

AB'BOTSHIP

,
Noun.
The state of an abbot.

Definition 2024


abbotship

abbotship

English

Noun

abbotship (plural abbotships)

  1. The state, term, or office of an abbot; abbacy. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]

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References

  1. Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 3