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A 'Prince-abbot' is a cleric, who is a prince of the church (like a prince-bishop) in the sense of an ''ex officio'' temporal lord of a feudal entity known as 'prince-abbacy' or 'abbey-principality', which is an area that is ruled by the head of an abbey.
The designated abbey may be a monastery or a convent. Thus, because of the possibility of it being a convent, an abbey-principality is one of the only cases in which the rule can be restricted to female incumbents, styled 'princess-abbess'.
In many cases, they were prince of the empire of a Reichsabtei in or near Germany, with a seat in the ''Reichstag'' (imperial diet).
Other examples include the abbot nullius of Pinerolo in Piedmont
The designated abbey may be a monastery or a convent. Thus, because of the possibility of it being a convent, an abbey-principality is one of the only cases in which the rule can be restricted to female incumbents, styled 'princess-abbess'.
In many cases, they were prince of the empire of a Reichsabtei in or near Germany, with a seat in the ''Reichstag'' (imperial diet).
Other examples include the abbot nullius of Pinerolo in Piedmont
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