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coarb

(ˈkəʊɑːb)
n
(Ecclesiastical Terms) (in Celtic religions) a spiritual successor
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Columcille, the McGurks being the saint's coarbs and erenaghs in that parish.
ULSTER'S CATHOLICS
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