abbatial, a.
(əˈbeɪʃ(ɪ)əl)
[a. Fr. abbatial (16th cent. in Litt.), ad. late L. abbātiāl-is f. abbātia. See abbatie and -al1.]
Of or pertaining to an abbacy, abbot, or abbess.
| a 1642 Urquhart Rabelais iv. xiv. (1855) He was a public person, a servant to the monking tribe, apparitor to the abbatial mitre. 1747 Carte Hist. Eng. I. 420 The King became entitled to the profits of the lands of bishopricks and abbatial manses. 1851 Palgrave Norm. & Eng. I. 366 This is not the Cathedral but an Abbatial Church. 1876 Freeman Norm. Conq. II. x. 445 He bestowed the abbatial benediction on Wulfstan. |