Definitions for: Abbot

[n] the superior of an abbey of monks

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: archimandrite

See Also: abbe, superior

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