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词汇 abbacy
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Definition of abbacy in English:

abbacy

nounPlural abbacies ˈabəsiˈæbəsi
  • The office or period of office of an abbot or abbess.

    修道院院长的职位(或任期)

    the abbacy of Ely was vacant
    he made several notable improvements during his short abbacy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • During his abbacy, he kept the Buckfast community abreast of changes in the outside world.
    • Under the abbacy of St Ailred, it flourished, becoming the largest Cistercian community in England.
    • Some of its clergy married, and abbacies could be held by secular men.
    • The king retained his influence over elections to abbacies and bishoprics, and continued to receive their revenues during vacancies.
    • Nobles occupied all bishoprics and all the choicest abbacies and canonries.
    • The distribution and control of offices, such as countships, abbacies, and bishoprics, became the main foci of the political rivalries.

Origin

Late Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin abbacia, from abbas, abbat- (see abbot).

Definition of abbacy in US English:

abbacy

nounˈæbəsiˈabəsē
  • The office or period of office of an abbot or abbess.

    修道院院长的职位(或任期)

    the abbacy of Ely was vacant
    he made several notable improvements during his short abbacy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • During his abbacy, he kept the Buckfast community abreast of changes in the outside world.
    • Some of its clergy married, and abbacies could be held by secular men.
    • The king retained his influence over elections to abbacies and bishoprics, and continued to receive their revenues during vacancies.
    • Nobles occupied all bishoprics and all the choicest abbacies and canonries.
    • Under the abbacy of St Ailred, it flourished, becoming the largest Cistercian community in England.
    • The distribution and control of offices, such as countships, abbacies, and bishoprics, became the main foci of the political rivalries.

Origin

Late Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin abbacia, from abbas, abbat- (see abbot).

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