Abbot

'Abbot' in Webster

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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 medi&aelig;val times, the master of revels, as at Christmas; in Scotland called
the Abbot of Unreason. Encyc.
Brit.

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