Abbots Headdress Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 10, 2023

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	noun • joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner • the surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made • a liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions
	60%	9		System under which abbots, or commendatory abbots, often laymen, were granted the revenues and privileges of an ecclesiastical office, either for their own use or in commendam
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	41%	6		Group next below abbots
	noun • the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot adjective satellite • earlier in time

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New York Times14 Dec 1976	Across 40
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