/ab"euh see/ , n. , pl. abbacies .
1. the rank, rights, privileges, or jurisdiction of an abbot.
2. the term of office of an abbot.
[ 1400-50; late ME abbacie, abbat ( h ) ie abbatia (cf. ABBEY), equiv. to abbat- (see ABBOT) + -ia -IA ]
/ab"euh see/ , n. , pl. abbacies .
1. the rank, rights, privileges, or jurisdiction of an abbot.
2. the term of office of an abbot.
[ 1400-50; late ME abbacie, abbat ( h ) ie abbatia (cf. ABBEY), equiv. to abbat- (see ABBOT) + -ia -IA ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012