Definition
abbacies
noun
- Plural of abbacy; the office, rank, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess.
Usage: Formal; primarily used in religious or historical contexts.
Examples
- The monastery's abbacies were managed by a council of senior monks.
- Several abbacies in medieval Europe wielded considerable political power.
- The abbess oversaw multiple abbacies across the region.
- Historical records document the succession of abbacies during the Renaissance.
- The abbacies of Benedictine monasteries often controlled vast estates.