coarbn.
/ˈkəʊɑːb/, U.S. /ˈkoʊˌɑrb/, Irish English /koʊrb/, /kɒːrb/ Celtic Church.
Successor in an ecclesiastical office, abbot, vicar; an order of old Irish monks (O'Reilly).
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1607 J. Davies Let. in Hist. Tracts (1787) 248 Though the Corbe were ever in orders, yet was he..usually married.
1656 J. Chaloner Short Treat. Isle of Man iv. 21 in D. King Vale-royall Eng. All such goods also, as by the Law should have fallen to the next Heir, as Coarbes, the Coroner is to have them [on death of a Felon].
1865 T. McLauchlan Early Sc. Church xxi. 324 The coarb or successor of Columba was usually an ecclesiastic of the Irish church.
1878 J. Mackintosh Hist. Civilization Scotl. I. Introd. 126 In the early Irish church some of the Coarbs were women.
1883 A. F. Mitchell in P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 1234 The mother-house of Iona and its presbyter abbot, the coarb of Columba.
Derivatives
coarb-ship n.
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1607 J. Davies Let. in Hist. Tracts (1787) 248 This corbship was in a manner hereditary.
1827 G. Higgins Celtic Druids 205 The Coarb-ship descended to their children.
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