abbot

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

abbot (plural abbots)

  1. The superior or head of an abbey or monastery. [First attested around the early 12th century.][1][2]
    The newly appointed abbot decided to take a tour of the abbey with the cardinal's emissary.
  2. A layman who received the abbey's revenues, after the closing of the monasteries.

Translations

superior or head of an abbey or monastery

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Derived terms

  • Abbot of the people: a title formerly given to one of the chief magistrates in Genoa.
  • Abbot of Misrule (or Lord of Misrule), in mediæval times, the master of revels, as at Christmas; in Scotland called the Abbot of Unreason. - "Encyclopedia Britanica"

References

  1. ^ 2004 [1998], Elliott K. Dobbie; Dunmore, C. William, et al., Barnhart, Robert K. editor, Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Edinburgh, Scotland: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, ISBN 0550142304, page 2:
  2. ^ 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 3:
  • Webster 1913
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Swedish

Noun

abbot c

  1. an abbot

Declension

Declension of abbot
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative abbot abboten abbotar abbotarna
genitive abbots abbotens abbotars abbotarnas

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