abbotric
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English abbodryche, abbotrice, from Old English abbodrice, abbotrice, from abbod (“abbot”) + rice (“realm, rule”);[1] equivalent to abbot + -ric.
Noun[edit]
abbotric (plural abbotrics)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abbotric”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.