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Abbot

Abbot Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Abbot? [n] the superior of an abbey of monks Synonyms \| Synonyms for Abbot: archimandrite Related Terms \| Find terms related to Abbot: abbacomes \| ascetic \| beadsman \| brother \| caloyer \| celibate \| cenobite \| conventual \| conventual prior \| friar \| grand prior \| hermit \| hieromonach \| lay abbot \| lay brother \| mendicant \| monastic \| monk \| palmer \| pilgrim \| pillar saint \| pillarist \| prior \| religieux \| religious \| stylite See Also \| abbe \| superior Abbot In Webster's Dictionary \Ab"bot\, n. [AS. abbod, abbad, L. abbas, abbatis, Gr. 'abba^s, fr. Syriac abb[=a] father. Cf. {Abba}, {Abb['e]}.] 1. The superior or head of an abbey. 2. One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys. --Encyc. Brit. {Abbot of the people}. a title formerly given to one of the chief magistrates in Genoa. {Abbot of Misrule} (or {Lord of Misrule}), in medi[ae]val times, the master of revels, as at Christmas; in Scotland called the {Abbot of Unreason}. --Encyc. Brit.

Abbot Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Abbot?

[n] the superior of an abbey of monks

Synonyms | Synonyms for Abbot: archimandrite

See Also | abbe | superior

Abbot In Webster's Dictionary

\Ab"bot\, n. [AS. abbod, abbad, L. abbas, abbatis, Gr.
'abba^s, fr. Syriac abb[=a] father. Cf. {Abba}, {Abb['e]}.]
1. The superior or head of an abbey.

2. One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.
   --Encyc. Brit.

{Abbot of the people}. a title formerly given to one of the
   chief magistrates in Genoa.

{Abbot of Misrule} (or {Lord of Misrule}), in medi[ae]val
   times, the master of revels, as at Christmas; in Scotland
   called the {Abbot of Unreason}. --Encyc. Brit.

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