Abb :: Abb (n.) Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence, abb wool is wool for the abb..

Abb Wool :: Abb wool () See Abb.

Abba :: Abba (n.) Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch..

Abbacies :: Abbacies (pl. ) of Abbac.

Abbacy :: Abbacy (n.) The dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot..

Abbatial :: Abbatial (a.) Belonging to an abbey; as, abbatial rights..

Abbatical :: Abbatical (a.) Abbatial.

Abbe :: Abbe (n.) The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress..

Abbess :: Abbess (n.) A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See Abbey..

Abbey :: Abbey (n.) A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic building or buildings..

Abbey :: Abbey (n.) The church of a monastery.

Abbeys :: Abbeys (pl. ) of Abbe.

Abbot :: Abbot (n.) The superior or head of an abbey.

Abbot :: Abbot (n.) One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.

Abbotship :: Abbotship (n.) The state or office of an abbot.

Abbreviate :: Abbreviate (v. t.) To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken..

Abbreviate :: Abbreviate (v. t.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction..

Abbreviate :: Abbreviate (a.) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.

Abbreviate :: Abbreviate (a.) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.

Abbreviate :: Abbreviate (n.) An abridgment.

Abbreviated :: Abbreviated (imp. & p. p.) of Abbreviat.

Abbreviated :: Abbreviated (a.) Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.

Abbreviating :: Abbreviating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abbreviat.

Abbreviation :: Abbreviation (n.) The act of shortening, or reducing..

Abbreviation :: Abbreviation (n.) The result of abbreviating; an abridgment.

Abbreviation :: Abbreviation (n.) The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America..

Abbreviation :: Abbreviation (n.) One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers..

Abbreviator :: Abbreviator (n.) One who abbreviates or shortens.

Abbreviator :: Abbreviator (n.) One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form..

Abbreviatory :: Abbreviatory (a.) Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.

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