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).

单词	abbacy
释义	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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