Abthain
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Abthain (or abthane) is an English or Lowland Scots form of the middle-Latin word (Gaelic ), meaning abbacy. The exact sense of the word being lost, it was presumed to denote some ancient dignity, the holder of which was called or . William Forbes Skene holds that the correct meaning of (or ) 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 the mountain chain of the Mounth and the Firth of Forth. Skene recommended the use of the words or . Many of these passed into the hands of laymen, and were transmitted from father to son. They paid certain ecclesiastical tributes, and seem to have closely resembled the termonn lands of the early Irish Church.
Abthain (or abthane) is an English or Lowland Scots form of the middle-Latin word (Gaelic ), meaning abbacy. The exact sense of the word being lost, it was presumed to denote some ancient dignity, the holder of which was called or . William Forbes Skene holds that the correct meaning of (or ) 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 the mountain chain of the Mounth and the Firth of Forth. Skene recommended the use of the words or . Many of these passed into the hands of laymen, and were transmitted from father to son. They paid certain ecclesiastical tributes, and seem to have closely resembled the termonn lands of the early Irish Church.
See also
Crínán of Dunkeld Lay abbot
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