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ABBACY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does abbacy mean? 

ABBACY (noun)
  The noun ABBACY has 1 sense:

1. the jurisdiction or office of an abbotplay

  Familiarity information: ABBACY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ABBACY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The jurisdiction or office of an abbot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("abbacy" is a kind of...):

jurisdiction (in law; the territory within which power can be exercised)


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