archabbeyn.
The head abbey of a Benedictine congregation.
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1881 B. Weldon Eng. Congregat. St. Benedict p. ix The Arch-Abbey of Monte Cassino.
1912 Catholic Encycl. XV. 648/2 The location where St. Vincent Archabbey, College, and Seminary stand to-day.
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ˈarchabbot n. also called abbot-general.
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1889 Cent. Dict. Archabbot.
1897 B. Camm Benedictine Martyr iv. 82 In the Order of St. Benedict..a confederacy of Abbeys and Priories,..united together under one President (sometimes called Abbot-General or Arch-Abbot).
1923 R. Seton Memories Many Years 264 We had dinner at different tables, in the gallery. Arch-Abbot Krug..presided at the principal one.
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