abbot

[ab·bot]

An abbot is the head of a monastery. Just as businesses have bosses and teams have coaches, the monastery has an abbot.

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The superior or head of an abbey.

Noun
the superior of an abbey of monks

n.
The superior or head of an abbey.

n.
One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.

Abbot

Ab"bot , n. [AS. abbod, abbad, L. abbas, abbatis, Gr. , fr. Syriac abb'be father. Cf. Abba, Abb'90.] 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'91val times, the master of revels, as at Christmas; in Scotland called the Abbot of Unreason. Encyc. Brit.

The superior or head of an abbey.

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