The individual holding the office of prince-abbot. In the Holy Roman Empire, a prince-abbot (German: Fürstabt) was the cleric
who headed a princely abbey. He had a seat and an individual vote (votum virile) in the Imperial Diet alongside the prince-bishops.
They ranked higher than the imperial abbots and imperial abbesses who although they were also immediate, held only two collective
votes in the Diet.
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