abbotship
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English abboship, abbotshup; equivalent to abbot + -ship.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editabbotship (plural abbotships)
Translations
editthe 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.