Abbot

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Abbot \Ab"bot\ ([a^]b"b[u^]t), 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.
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     2. One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.
        --Encyc. Brit.
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     {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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  abbot
       n : the superior of an abbey of monks [syn: {archimandrite}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "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