A Dictionary of the English Language/abbacy


A′bbacy. n. s. [Lat. abbatia.] The rights or privileges of an abbot. See Abbey.

According to Felinus, an abbacy is the dignity itself, since an abbot is a term or word of dignity, and not of office; and, therefore, even a secular person, who has the care of souls, is sometimes, in the canon law, also stiled an abbot.Ayliffe's Parergon Juris Canonici.

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