abadía

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See also: abadia and abadiá

Galician

Abadía de Samos (abbey of Samos), Galicia

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese abadia (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātia.

Pronunciation

Noun

abadía f (plural abadías)

  1. abbey
    • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 133:
      et en com̃o fez moytas abbadias et moytas igleias por lo mũdo; et en com̃o as enrrequentou et en com̃o tirou moytos corpos de santos que jaziã soterrados en terra et os meteu en moymẽtos d'ouro et de prata
      and how he made many abbeys and many churches all over the world; and how he enriched them and how he took the bodies of many saints that lay buried in the ground and put them inside gold and silver monuments
  2. abbeystead

Related terms

References

  • abadia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • abadia” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • abadía” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • abadía” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

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Spanish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātia, based on Latin abbas (abbot).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abaˈdia/
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Syllabification: a‧ba‧dí‧a

Noun

abadía f (plural abadías)

  1. abbey
  2. abbeystead

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