Abbacy

Definition: Abbacy

Abbacy

Noun

1. The jurisdiction or office of an abbot.

Date "abbacy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Churchdom	Pontificate, primacy, archbishopric, archiepiscopacy; prelacy; bishopric, bishopdom; episcopate, episcopacy; see, diocese; deanery, stall; canonry, canonicate; prebend, prebendaryship; benefice, incumbency, glebe, advowson, living, cure; rectorship; vicariate, vicarship; deaconry, deaconship; curacy; chaplain, chaplaincy, chaplainship; cardinalate, cardinalship; abbacy, presbytery.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Abbacy

English words defined with "abbacy": Abbacies. (references)

"Abbacy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Abbacy" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	9	117,287

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "abbacy": lay-abbacy.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "abbacy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		abaci (abbey). (various references)

Arabic		‏دير (abb, abbess, abbey, cloister, convent, hermitage, monastery, priory). (various references)

Bulgarian		абатство (abbey). (various references)

Czech		opatství (abbey). (various references)

Dutch		abtschap (abbotcy, abbotship), <jurisdictie van een abt>. (various references)

Esperanto		abateco, abata jurisdikcio. (various references)

German		Amt, Wu.rde. (various references)

Greek		ηγουμενία (abbotship, priorate, priorship). (various references)

Hungarian		apáti rang. (various references)

Italian		abbazia (abbey). (various references)

Manx		abbaght. (various references)

Pig Latin		abbacyay.(various references)

Portuguese		abadia (abbey, abbotcy, abbotship). (various references)

Romanian		abaţie (abbey, abbotship), rang de abate, funcţia unui abate, demnitate de abate. (various references)

Russian		аббатство (abbey, abbotship). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		opatstvo. (various references)

Spanish		abadi/a (abbey), Abadía, convento, monasterio., abadía (abbey), jurisdicción (competence, jurisdiction, province), función (draw, entertainment, feature, function, function procedure, job, occasion, office, performance, post, role, role indicator, show, stand), derechos de abate, beneficio de abate. (various references)

Swedish		abbotsämbete. (various references)

Turkish		başrahiplik, başkeşişlik. (various references)

Ukranian		абатство (abbey). (various references)

Vietnamese		quyền hạn trưởng tu viện, chức vị trưởng tu viện. (various references)

Welsh		abadaeth (abbotship). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Abbacy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aabbcc, abaco, abancay, abbas, Abbassy, Abbassyia, abdaly, Abhay, akbay, ba-aby, babaco, Babaly, babassu, babich, bacy, Bambach, Rabochy. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "abbacy" (pronounced 'Ab"ba*cy'): Abeyancy, Abhorrency, Absorbency, Abstinency, Acceptancy, Accordancy, Accountancy, Accumbency, Accuracy, Acquiescency, Acritochromacy, Adequacy, Adherency, Adjutancy, Adolescency, Advocacy, Aeromancy, Affluency, Agency, Aldermancy, Alectoromancy, Alectryomancy, Aleuromancy, Alliciency, Alomancy, Al-phitomancy, Alternacy, -ancy, Antecedency, Anthracomancy, Anthropomancy, Apparency, Appellancy, Appetency, Applicancy, Archiepiscopacy, Ardency, ARISTOCRACY, Arithmancy, Arithmomancy, Arrogancy, Aruspicy, Ascendency, Assurgency, Astragalomancy, Astringency, Athermancy, Attendancy, Austromancy, Autocracy, Axinomancy, Bankruptcy, Baronetcy, Belomancy, Benignancy, Bibliomancy, Bivalency, Blatancy, Botanomancy, Brevetcy, Brillancy, Buoyancy, Bureaucracy, Cadency, Candidacy, Capnomancy, Captaincy, Cartomancy, Catoptromancy, Cecutiency, Celibacy, Centripetency, Ceromancy, Chaomancy, Chaplaincy, Chartomancy, Chiromancy, Circumambiency, Clemency, Cleromancy, Cliency, Coadjuvancy, Coagency, Coefficacy, Coefficiency, Cogency, Coincibency, Colluctancy, Colonelcy, Commorancy, Compliancy, Complicacy, Concludency, Concordancy, Concubinacy, Concurrency, Congeneracy, Congruency, Connivency, Conservancy, Conspiracy, Constancy, Constituency, Contingency, Contumacy, Conversancy, Cornetcy, Correspondency, Coscinomancy, Couchancy, Crystallomancy, Curacy, Currency, Dactyliomancy, Dactylomancy, Dancy, Daphnomancy, Decency, Decipiency, Deficiency, Degeneracy, Delegacy, Delicacy, Delinquency, Deliracy, Delirancy, Delitescency, Demency, Democracy, Demonocracy, Dependency, Depopulacy, Despiciency, Despondency, Detergency, Determinacy, Diffidency, Diligency, Diplomacy, Disappendency, Disconsolacy, Discumbency, Disfancy, Disobediency, Displacency, Dissonancy, Distancy, Docimacy, Dormancy, Doulocracy, Dubitancy, Durancy, Effeminacy, Efficacy, Efflorescency, Effluency, Electro-thermancy, Emergency, Eminency, -ency, Enoptomancy, Ensigncy, Episcopacy, Equipendency, Equitancy, Equivalency, Equivocacy, Errancy, Esnecy, Excellency, Excrescency, Exigency, Existency, Exsiliency, Extacy, Extancy, Extravagancy, Extuberancy, Exuberancy, Fallacy, Fallency, Farcy, Feculency, Fermacy, fervency, Flagrancy, fleecy, flippancy, fluency, frequency, Fritinancy, Fugacy, Fulgency, Gastromancy, Geomancy, Gerontocracy, Gramercy, Gunocracy, Gynecocracy, Gyneocracy, Gynocracy, Gyromancy, Habiitancy, Hagiocracy, Haruspicy, hesitancy, Heterocercy, Hierocracy, Hieromancy, Homocercy, hydromancy, Ichthyomancy, icy, Idiocracy, idiocy, Idiotcy, illegitimacy, illiteracy, Imitancy, immediacy, Immoderacy, Immoderancy, Impatiency, Impeccancy, impenitency, Impertinency, Impolicy, Importancy, Importunacy, Impudency, inaccuracy, inadequacy, Incalescency, incessancy, Incidency, inclemency, Inconsideracy, inconsistency, inconstancy, Inconveniency, incumbency, indecency, Indeficiency, indelicacy, independency, Indifferency, Indigency, Indistancy, Indolency, Indulgency, inefficacy, inefficiency, inerrancy, INFANCY, Inmacy, Innitency, Innocency, Inordinacy, Insignificancy, Insitency, Insolency, insolvency, instancy, insufficiency, Intelligency, Intemperancy, Intendancy, Interagency, interdependency, Interluency, Intermediacy, Interregency, Intestacy, INTIMACY, Intolerancy, intricacy, Inveteracy, Inviolacy, Irregeneracy, Irrelavancy, Itineracy, Itinerancy, Jactancy, Jesuitocracy, Joyancy, juicy, Kakistocracy, Lasciviency, latency, Latitancy, Lecanomancy, legacy, legitimacy, Leucophlegmacy, Liegiancy, lieutenancy, Liquescency, literacy, lithomancy, Lucency, lunacy, Luxuriancy, Macilency, magistracy, Maledicency, -mancy, Manutenency, mediacy, mendicancy, mercy, Meteoromancy, Metopomancy, militancy, Ministracy, Mispolicy, Mobocracy, monocracy, Mordicancy, Mugiency, Myomancy, Nascency, Necromancy, Neocracy, Nomancy, Nomocracy, Nonproficiency, Nonsolvency, normalcy, Obduracy, Obeisancy, Observancy, Obstancy, Obstetricy, Obstinacy, Occupancy, Ochlocracy, Omnipresency, Omnisciency, Omphalomancy, Oneiromancy, onomancy, Onomomancy, Onychomancy, Ophiomancy, Opponency, Oppugnancy, Optimacy, Opulency, Oriency, Ornithomancy, Orphancy, Oscillancy, Oscitancy, pancy, Pantisocracy, Papacy, Parturiency, Patency, Peccancy, Pedantocracy, Pedomancy, Pegomancy, Pendency, Penitency, Pernancy, Perspicacy, Pervicacy, Pharmacy, Piquancy, piracy, Plangency, Plantocracy, Pliancy, Plutocracy, Poignancy, Polycracy, Polypharmacy, Populacy, Potency, Potentacy, Predisponency, Predominancy, Preexistency, Prefulgency, Pregnancy, Prejudicacy, Prelacy, Preoccupancy, Prepotency, Presidency, Prevalency, Prevenancy, Primacy, Privacy, Probacy, Procuracy, Profligacy, Prolificacy, Propendency, Prophecy. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-b-c-y"
	-1 letter: cabby.
	-2 letters: abba, baba, baby.
	-3 letters: aba, aby, baa, bay, cab, cay.
	-4 letters: aa, ab, ay, ba, by, ya.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-b-c-y"
	+4 letters: absorbancy.
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