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Definition for: "abbot" 
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 "Abbot" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v.0.48"
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.
      [1913 Webster]
   2. One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.
      --Encyc. Brit.
      [1913 Webster]
   {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.
      [1913 Webster]

 "abbot" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
abbot
     n : the superior of an abbey of monks [syn: {archimandrite}]

 "abbot" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
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



 "abbot" eng-afr "English-Africaan Freedict Dictionary"
abbot
     ab

 "abbot" eng-ara "English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary"
Abbot
رئيس الدّير


 "abbot" eng-cro "English-Croatian Freedict Dictionary"
abbot
gvardijan, iguman, opat


 "abbot" eng-cze "English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary"
abbot 
opat


 "abbot" eng-deu "English-German Freedict dictionary"
abbot [æbət]n
     Abtm28.5.2000

 "abbot" eng-fra "English-French Freedict Dictionary"
abbot
	[æbət]
	abbé


 "abbot" eng-hin "English-Hindi Freedict Dictionary"
abbot 
1. मठाध्यक्ष
     "Dalai Lama is the abbot of the Tibetian monastry."


 "abbot" eng-hun "English-Hungarian Freedict Dictionary"
abbot
apát


 "abbot" eng-iri "English-Irish Freedict dictionary"
abbot
     ab

 "abbot" eng-iri "English-Irish Freedict dictionary"
abbot [æbət]
     ab

 "abbot" eng-ita "English-Italian Freedict dictionary"
abbot
     abate

 "abbot" eng-lat "English-Latin Freedict dictionary"
abbot [æbət]
     abbas

 "abbot" eng-por "English-Portugese Freedict dictionary"
abbot
     abade

 "abbot" eng-por "English-Portugese Freedict dictionary"
abbot
     abade

 "abbot" eng-spa "English-Spanish Freedict dictionary"
abbot [æbət]
     abad
     abad

 "abbot" eng-swe "English-Swedish Freedict dictionary"
abbot [æbət]
     abbot

 "abbot" eng-tur "English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary"
abbot
1. manastırın baş rahibi.


 "abbot" eng-wel "English-Welsh Freedict dictionary"
abbot [æbət]
     abad

 "abbot" eng-wel "English-Welsh Freedict dictionary"
abbot [æbət]
     abad

 "abbot" swe-eng "Swedish-English Freedict dictionary"
abbot
     abbot