Definitions | archabbot |
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- in certain Catholic (notably Benedictine) congregations, the title of the general superior, ranking above all other abbots, vested in a particular abbey, which hence is called an archabbey (usually its motherhouse, such as Beuron, which gave its name to a Benedectine congregation)
Etymology: arch- + abbot
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