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abbatial

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ab⋅ba⋅tial

  [uh-bey-shuhl]
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–adjective
of or pertaining to an abbot, abbess, or abbey.
Origin:
1635–45; < LL abbātiālis. See abbacy, -al 1
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ab·ba·tial   (ə-bā'shəl)   
adj.  Of or having to do with an abbey, abbot, or abbess.

[Middle English abbacyal, from Late Latin abbātiālis, from abbās, abbāt-, abbot; see abbot.]
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