abbotship
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English abboship, abbotshup; equivalent to abbot + -ship.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abbotship (plural abbotships)
Translations edit
the state or office of an abbot
References edit
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abbotship”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.