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ABBEY, abbatia, is a society of religious persons, having an abbot or abbess to preside over them. Formerly some of the most considerable abbots andpriors in England had seats and votes in the house of lords. The prior ofSt. John's of Jerusalem, was styled the first baron of England, in respectto the lay barons, but he was the last of the spiritual barons.

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