English
abbotry
From abbot + -ry.
Formed from abbot + -ry
Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab- ‘father’
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Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς ‘declinable form of ἀββα (abba), ἀββᾶ (abbâ)’
Latin abbās ‘father’
Old English abbat
Middle English abbot
English abbot
Today it means
noun The position of abbot.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / abbotry