Abthain
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Abthain
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Abthain is an English or Lowland Scots form of the middle-Latin word abthania, meaning abbacy. The exact sense of the word being lost, it was presumed to denote some ancient dignity, the holder of which was called abthanus or abthane. William Forbes Skene holds that the correct meaning of abthain is not "abbot" or "over-thane", but "abbey" or "monastery". The word has special reference to the territories of the churches and monasteries founded by the old Celtic or Columban monks, mostly between
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English and Lowland Scots form of Latin word
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2024-02-25T17:17:16Z
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