abbacy
Head monk's tenure
An abbacy is the office, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess—the head of a monastery or convent.
The word refers both to the position itself and to the period during which someone holds it: During his abbacy, the monastery acquired considerable lands.
Less commonly, abbacy denotes the abbey or religious community under such leadership.
Religious seclusion dwelling
- cloisterCovered monastic walkway
- chapterDivision of a book
- refectoryInstitutional dining room
- scriptoriumMonastery manuscript workshop
dormitory · cell · monk · nun · novice · prior · prioress · community
Protected employment status
- incumbencyHolding an official position
- appointmentScheduled time for something
- termFixed period or word
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
succession · election · installation · resignation · abdication · vacancy · stewardship · governance
Bishops as a body
- papacyPope's office and authority
- bishopricBishop's jurisdictional district
- archbishopricSenior prelate's jurisdiction
- prelatureSenior clergy's jurisdiction
cardinalate · deanship · vicariate · pastorate · chaplaincy · curacy · priesthood · pontificate
monastery
Religious seclusion dwelling
scriptorium · dormitory · cell · monk · nun · novice · prior · prioress · community · rule
tenure
Protected employment status
- incumbencyHolding an official position
- appointmentScheduled time for something
- termFixed period or word
administration · succession · election · installation · resignation · abdication · vacancy · stewardship · governance · oversight
episcopate
Bishops as a body
- papacyPope's office and authority
- bishopricBishop's jurisdictional district
- archbishopricSenior prelate's jurisdiction
prelature · cardinalate · deanship · vicariate · pastorate · chaplaincy · curacy · priesthood · pontificate · diocese
- church structurearchdioceses, episcopacy, bishoprics, episcopate, dioceses
- church territoriesdiocese, archdiocese, bishopric, see, vicariate
- beneficesbenefice, living, rectory, vicarage, curacy
abbacylaity
Non-ordained church members
novitiate · episcopate · papacy · subordination · diaconate
abbacyparish
Local church community
pastorate · rectorship · vicarage · curacy · chaplaincy