abbotship
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English
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Middle English abboship , abbotshup ; equivalent to abbot + -ship .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]abbotship (plural abbotships )
Translations
[edit ]the state or office of an abbot
References
[edit ]- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), "abbotship", in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles , 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.
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