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abbacy
ab·ba·cy [ ábbəssee ] (plural ab·ba·cies)


noun 
Definition:
 
office of abbot or abbess: the rank, jurisdiction, or term of office of an abbot or abbess
[15th century. < ecclesiastical Latin abbacia< abbat- (see abbot)]
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