coarb

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The successor to the founder of a religious institution.
  2. The head of one of the families composing an old Irish sept.

Word forms

coarb coarbs comarb comharb

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish comharba.

Derived words

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