abbade

Portuguese

abbade m (plural abbades, feminine abbadessa, feminine plural abbadessas)

Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of abade.
- 1930 January 3, “O novo abbade benedictino [The new Benedictine abbot]”, in Correio da Manhã‎^[1], volume XXIX, number 10742, page 5:
  A comunidade benedictina reuniu-se hontem para eleger o novo abbade, na vaga de d. Ruperto Rudolf, fallecido em São Paulo.
  The Benedictine community gathered yesterday to elect a new abbot, in place of Dom Ruperto Rudolf, who died in São Paulo.