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Webster Dictionary :: Abbotship
AB'BOTSHIP, n. The state of an abbot.
Webster Dictionary :: Abbot
AB'BOT, n. [formerly abbat, from abba, latinized abbas, or from Heb. plural.] Th...
Webster Dictionary :: Abbey-lubber
AB'BEY-LUBBER, n. A name given to monks, in contempt for their idleness.
Webster Dictionary :: Abbey
AB'BEY, n. plu. abbeys, [from abba.] A monastery or society of persons of either...
Webster Dictionary :: Abbess
AB'BESS, n. [from abba.] A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent...
Webster Dictionary :: Abbe
AB'BE, n. Ab'by, [from abba.] In a monastic sense, the same as an abbot; but mor...
Webster Dictionary :: Abbatical
ABBAT'ICAL, a. Belonging to an abbey.
Webster Dictionary :: Abbacy
AB'BACY, n. [from abba, Low Lat, abbatia.] The dignity, rights and privileges of...
Webster Dictionary :: Abba
AB'BA, n. In the Chaldee and Syriac, a father, and figuratively a superior. appe...
Webster Dictionary :: Abb
ABB, n. Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence abb-wool is wool for the abb.
Webster Dictionary :: Abature
AB'ATURE, n. [from abate.] Grass beaten or trampled down by a stag in passing.
Webster Dictionary :: Abattis
AB'ATTIS, n. [from beating or pulling down.]
Webster Dictionary :: Abator
ABA'TOR, n. A person who enters into a freehold on the death of the last possess...
Webster Dictionary :: Abatis
AB'ATIS, Rubbish. In fortification, piles of trees, or branches of trees sharpen...
Webster Dictionary :: Abating
ABA'TING, ppr. Pulling down, diminishing, defeating, remitting.
Webster Dictionary :: Abater
ABA'TER, n. The person or thing that abates.
