Abbacy
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The government of a religious house, and the revenues thereof, subject to an abbot, as a bishopric' is to a bishop. Cowell.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
The rights and privileges of an abbot.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The office of an abbot. The ernor having the rule of a religious house. Cunningham.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The government of a religious house, and the revenues thereof, subject to an abbot, as a bishopric is to a bishop. Cowell. The rights and privileges of an abbot.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The government ofa religious house, and the revenues thereof, subject to an abbot, as a bishopric is to a bishop. Cowell. The rights and privileges of an abbot.