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prince-abbot

thumb|Adolphus von Dalberg, Prince-Abbot of Fulda 1726–1737

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Subclass of: Prince of the Holy Roman Empire
Country: Holy Roman Empire

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thumb|Adolphus von Dalberg, Prince-Abbot of Fulda 1726–1737

In the Holy Roman Empire, a prince-abbot () was the cleric who headed a princely abbey. The prince-abbot 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.