1. the office, rank, or position of an abbot; the period during which an abbot serves
Usage: formal; religious context

Examples

• He was elected to the abbotship of the monastery in 1995.
• During his abbotship, the abbey underwent significant renovations.
• The abbotship carried both spiritual and administrative responsibilities.
• She aspired to leadership within the religious community, though abbotship was traditionally reserved for men.
• The abbotship lasted twenty years before his retirement.