Vocabulary : Abbacy to Abbreviate

Abbacy : The dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot.
Abbatial : Belonging to an abbey; as, abbatial rights.
Abbatical : Abbatial.
Abbe : The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress.
Abbess : A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See Abbey.

Abbey : A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic building or buildings. ;; The church of a monastery.
Abbeys : of Abbey
Abbot : The superior or head of an abbey. ;; One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.
Abbotship : The state or office of an abbot.
Abbreviate : To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken. ;; To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction. ;; Abbreviated; abridged; shortened. ;; Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type. ;; An abridgment.

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