Definition of abbatial in English:
abbatial
adjective
Relating to an abbey, abbot, or abbess.
‘a possible abbatial vacancy’- ‘The boundaries were blurred to the extent that some kings themselves held episcopal or abbatial office.’
- ‘The wonder-working tour on which the monks sent their new relics certainly helped raise funds for their new abbatial church.’
- ‘‘You know,’ came a patrician, abbatial voice from the back of the room, ‘I rather think we've got his head’.’
- ‘Prussia formed a state domain at Eberbach, from its abbatial estates throughout the Rheingau.’
- ‘Visiting the abbey at Monte Cassino, Morris removed his abbatial cross as a sign of humility.’
Pronunciation
Origin
Late Middle English from Old French, from medieval Latin abbatialis, from abbatia (see abbey).
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