archabbot
Noun
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Noun
archabbot (plural archabbots)
- (ecclesiastical) In certain Catholic (notably Benedictine) congregations, the title of the general superior, ranking above all other abbots, vested in a particular abbey, which hence is called an archabbey (usually its motherhouse, such as Beuron, which gave its name to a Benedictine congregation).
- German: Erzabt
- Portuguese: arquiabade
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