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abbot

ab·bot [ ˈa-bət]

abbot

noun

[ˈa-bət]

Definition of abbot

: the superior of a monastery for men

Recent Examples on the Web

//An official registry lists the remains of 33,847 people, though a former abbot estimated that twice as many were taken to the mausoleum.
— Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, "Franco’s Body Is Exhumed, as Spain Still Struggles to Confront the Past," 26 Oct. 2019
//Back in the early 1300s, an abbot of the Sedlec Monastery brought back holy soil from Jerusalem and scattered it across the church’s cemetery, and suddenly everyone wanted to be buried in that sacred ground.
— Caitlin Morton, Condé Nast Traveler, "Creepy Catacombs, Islands of Dolls, and 18 Other Terrifying Places for Thrill Seekers," 4 Sep. 2019
//But the abbot, the Venerable Ambalangoda Sumedhananda Thero, barely registered the blast.
— Hannah Beech, New York Times, "‘Our Duty to Fight’: The Rise of Militant Buddhism," 8 July 2019
//He was ordered by the abbot to make a complete break.
— Garry Wills, Harper's magazine, "Shallow Calls to Shallow," 10 Apr. 2019
//Sánchez has met opposition from Franco’s relatives and the abbot of the basilica within the huge mausoleum complex where the dictator was buried in 1975.
— Washington Post, "Spanish court halts government plan to exhume Franco," 5 June 2019
//From Rome, the abbot general of the Cistercian order, Dom Gabriel Sortais, ordered Merton to stop writing about the nuclear threat.
— Garry Wills, Harper's magazine, "Shallow Calls to Shallow," 10 Apr. 2019
//In 1965, to keep him on the vast grounds of the abbey, the abbot approved a state of virtual secession within the monastery.
— Garry Wills, Harper's magazine, "Shallow Calls to Shallow," 10 Apr. 2019
//The defrocked monk, identified by his monastic name of Isaiah, confessed to collaborating with others to kill Bishop Epiphanius, abbot of St. Macarius Monastery, prosecutors said.
— Fox News, "Egypt prosecutors order ex-monk detained over abbot death," 11 Aug. 2018

First Known Use of abbot

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for abbot

Middle English abbot, abbod, going back to Old English, borrowed from Late Latin abbāt-, abbās, borrowed from Late Greek abbâs (also, a title of respect given to monks), borrowed from Aramaic abbā "father"

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More Definitions forabbot

abbot

noun

English Language Learners Definition of abbot

: a man who is the head of a monastery

abbot

noun

ab·bot | \ ˈa-bət \

Kids Definition of abbot

: the head of an abbey for men