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abbot
n. head of a monastery


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Abbot
The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity and Buddhism. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery. The female equivalent is Abbess.
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abbot
Noun
1. the superior of an abbey of monks
(synonym) archimandrite
(hypernym) superior
(hyponym) abbe


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Abbot
(n.)
The superior or head of an abbey.
  
 
(n.)
One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.
  

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Abbot
A "chief monk" in the head of a monastary or an abbey.

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