TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
comharba, m. (gs. ~, pl. ~í). 1. Ecc: Hist: (a) Successor to founder of church or monastery. ~ Phádraig in Ard Mhacha, St. Patrick’s successor in (the see of) Armagh. ~ Cholm Cille in Í, St. Colmcille’s successor in (the abbacy of) Iona. (b) Incumbent of land attached to bishopric or abbacy. 2. (a) Successor (to office, or dignity). (b) Inheritor of property, heir.