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abbatial

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ab·ba·tial  (-bshl)
adj.
Of or having to do with an abbey, abbot, or abbess.

[Middle English abbacyal, from Late Latin abbtilis, from abbs, abbt-, abbot; see abbot.]

abbatial [əˈbeɪʃəl]
adj
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) of or relating to an abbot, abbess, or abbey
[from Church Latin abbātiālis, from abbāt- abbot; see -al1]
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Adj.1.abbatialabbatial - of or having to do with or belonging to an abbey or abbot, or abbess


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Although neither the diptych nor the triptych is signed or dated, abbatial croziers affixed to Jeanne de Boubais' coats of arms tie the works to the period of her prelature, which ranged from 1507 to 1533.
He carefully analyzes regional patterns of factional loyalties within Hauenstein, showing that they reflected in part the fragmented distribution of Austrian and abbatial lower justice within the county.
Papal and male abbatial elections are far more relevant because, according to canon law, elections of abbots were modelled to some extent on elections of popes, and elections of abbesses on those of abbots.
 
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