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1. (n.) abbot
a man who is the head or superior of a monastery.
2. (n.) Abbot
Charles Greeley, 1872–1973, U.S. astrophysicist.
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| Definition of 'abbot' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) abbot, archimandrite
the superior of an abbey of monks
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) abbot
the superior or head of an abbey
2. (noun) abbot
one of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. 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.
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Sense: the male head of an abbey.
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 Afrikaans: ab |
 Arabic: رَئِيس دَيْر |
 Bulgarian: игумен, абат |
 Brazilian: abade |
 Czech: opat |
 German: der Abt/dieÄbtissin |
 Danish: abbed; abbedisse |
 Greek: ηγούμενος |
 Spanish: abad; abadesa |
 Estonian: abt, abtiss |
 Farsi: رئیس صومعه |
 Finnish: apotti |
 French: abbé, abbesse |
 Hebrew: רֹאש הַמִנזָר לִגבָרִים |
 Hindi: मठाध्यक्ष |
 Croatian: opat, opatica |
 Hungarian: apát |
 Indonesian: abas, biarawan |
 Icelandic: ábóti; abbadís |
 Italian: abate |
 Japanese: 修道院長 |
 Korean: 대수도원장 |
 Lithuanian: abatas |
 Latvian: abats, klostera priekšnie |
 Malay: ketua biarawan |
 Dutch: abt |
 Norwegian: abbed; abbedisse |
 Polish: opat |
 Persian: رئیس صومعه |
 Pashto: د صومعه رئيس |
 Portuguese: abade |
 Romanian: stareţ, stareţă |
 Russian: аббат; аббатисса |
 Slovak: opát, abatiša |
 Slovenian: opat; opatinja |
 Serbian: iguman |
 Swedish: abbot |
 Thai: เจ้าอาวาส |
 Turkish: baş rahip |
 Taiwanese: 男修道院院長 |
 Ukrainian: абат |
 Urdu: صدر پادری |
 Vietnamese: cha trưởng tu viện |
 Chinese: 男修道院院长 |
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