subabbot

subabbot

(ˈsʌbˌæbət)
n
an abbot who is subordinate to another abbot
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There is evidence which the experts have denied which suggests the Lichfield Gospels were written by St Gildas in the 6th century while he was the subabbot at Llancarfan in the vale.