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Abbot
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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 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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