Abbacy

of or pertaining to an abbot, abbess, or abbey.

a woman who is the superior of a convent of nuns.

a monastery under the supervision of an abbot or a convent under the supervision of an abbess., the group of buildings comprising such a monastery or convent.,...

a man who is the head or superior, usually elected, of a monastery., noun, rector , archabbot , abbot-general , friar , monk

to shorten (a word or phrase) by omitting letters, substituting shorter forms, etc., so that the shortened form can represent the whole word or phrase,...

shortened; made briefer, (of clothing) scanty; barely covering the body, constituting a shorter or smaller version of, the rain led to an abbreviated picnic...

a shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, as dr. for doctor, u.s. for united states, lb. for pound., an act of abbreviating;...

to shorten (a word or phrase) by omitting letters, substituting shorter forms, etc., so that the shortened form can represent the whole word or phrase,...

abdicating, forsaking, or deserting, a person who abdicates; abdicator., to be abdicant of one 's duty .

to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, esp. in a formal manner, to give up or renounce (authority, duties,...