Catalan

Noun

abadia f ‎(plural abadies)

1. abbey
2. abbacy
3. rectory

Usage notes

While the English terms abbey and abbacy usually refer only to religious communities headed by an abbot, in Catalan, abadia is equally applicable to religious communities headed by an abbess.

Synonyms

• (rectory): rectoria

Related terms

• abacial ‎(“abbatial”)
• abadessa ‎(“abbess”)
• abat ‎(“abbot”)

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish abadia.

Noun

abadíya

1. abbey

Italian

Pronunciation

Noun

abadia f ‎(plural abadie)

1. Archaic form of abbazia.

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātia ‎(“abbey”).

Pronunciation

Noun

abadia f ‎(plural abadias)

1. abbey (monastery headed by an abbot)

Related terms

• abade
• abadessa

Descendants

• Galician: abadía
• Portuguese: abadia

Old Provençal

Etymology

From Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātia. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French abaie.

Noun

abadia f ‎(oblique plural abadias, nominative singular abadia, nominative plural abadias)

1. abbey

Descendants

• Catalan: abadia
• Occitan: abadiá

References

• (fr)(de) abbatia in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Walther von Wartburg, 2002)

Portuguese

abadia

Etymology

From Old Portuguese abadia, from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātia ‎(“abbey”).

Pronunciation

Noun

abadia f (plural abadias)

1. abbey
2. abbeystead

Related terms

• abade
• abadessa