Definition of Abot
Abbot, head of an abbey. There were two classes of abbots: Abbots
Regular, as being such in fact, and Abbots Commendatory, as guardians and
drawing the revenues.
- Wikipedia
Ab"bot (&?;), n. [AS. abbod,
abbad, L. abbas, abbatis, Gr. 'abba^s, fr.
Syriac abbā father. Cf. Abba, Abbé.]
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
mediæval times, the master of revels, as at Christmas; in Scotland
called the Abbot of Unreason. Encyc. Brit.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The superior or head of an abbey or monastery.
The newly appointed abbot decided to take a tour of the abbey with the cardinal's emissary.
- One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys. "Encyclopedia Britannica"
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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