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ABBACY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does abbacy mean?
• ABBACY (noun)
The noun ABBACY has 1 sense:
1. the jurisdiction or office of an abbot
Familiarity information: ABBACY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The jurisdiction or office of an abbot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("abbacy" is a kind of...):
jurisdiction (in law; the territory within which power can be exercised)
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