coarb

English

noun
Definitions
  • (historical) The successor to the founder of a religious institution.
  • (historical) The head of one of the families composing an old Irish sept.

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish comharba root from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- (change ownership, change allegiance status ownership, change evolve status, orphan, child slave servant).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₃erbʰ-

Gloss

change ownership, change allegiance status ownership, change evolve status, orphan, child slave servant

Concept
Semantic Field

Kinship

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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