Middle English Dictionary Entry
abbod-rīc(h)e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | abbod-rīc(h)e n. Also abbot-. |
| Etymology | OE |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The office, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess; an abbacy.
Associated quotations
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.656 : On his time wæx þet abbodrice Medeshamstede swiðe rice.
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.963 : He macode þær twa abbotrice, an of muneca, oðer of nunna.
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1100 : He heafde on his agenre hand..þat bisceoprice on Winceastre..And xi abbotrices.
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1107 : Se cyng Henri..to Augustes anginne on Westmynstre wæs, & þær þa biscopricen & abbodricen geaf.
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1132 : Was it noht suithe lang þer efter þatte king..dide him gyuen up ðat abbotrice of Burch & faren ut of lande, & te king iaf ðat abbotrice an prior.
- a1300 Hundreds Engl.(Jes-O 29)145/22 : Baþe wes Abbodryche.