abbotric
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English abbodryche, abbotrice, from Old English abbodrice, abbotrice, from abbod (“abbot”) + rice (“realm, rule”);[1] equivalent to abbot + -ric.
Noun edit
abbotric (plural abbotrics)
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abbotric”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.