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A Lay Abbey (Fr: Abbaye laïque) was a basic component of the Middle Ages in the western foothills of the northern Pyrenees. The adjective lay indicated that the property did not belong to a religious order. It is possible to identify a hundred lay abbeys, some only by conjecture due to the disappearance of the texts. ==Introduction== The founding principle was the creation of a parish by a lord or even by a large farmer, sometimes very small, in order to tithe, so that he could maintain a church. Although he was not a member of the church, the lord called himself Father (L'abbé in French or L'abat in Basque), a term appearing in the 11th century. The meaning of "father", came from the Latin ''abbas'' or ''abbatus'' which came from the Hebrew ''abba''. The Father's house was distinctive, often called the ''abadia'' (Basque for Abbey) and was to a certain extent the foundation of a parish. Considering that a tithe is one tenth of the income, only thirty farms were sufficient to build a viable lay abbey. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lay Abbey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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