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abbot

1

[ ab-uht ]

noun

  1. a man who is the head or superior, usually elected, of a monastery.


Abbot

2

[ ab-uht ]

noun

  1. Charles Greeley, 1872–1973, U.S. astrophysicist.
  2. Also Abbott. a first name.

abbot

/ ˈæə /

noun

  1. the superior of an abbey of monks abbatial
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Derived Forms

  • ˈdzˌ󾱱, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • bdz· bdz·󾱱 noun
  • ܲ·bdz noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of abbot1

First recorded before 900; Middle English, variant of abbat, from Latin - (stem of ), from Greek, from Aramaic ; replacing Middle English, Old English abbod (compare Old High German abbat ), from Late Latin - for -; Abba 1( def )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of abbot1

Old English abbod, from Church Latin - (stem of abbas ), ultimately from Aramaic Abba
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But it was destroyed after the Lincolnshire Rising of 1536, when the last abbot and three monks were executed.

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Caldey Abbey commissioned the report, and its new abbot apologised for the pain and suffering caused.

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St Beuno, a seventh century abbot, was said to be so grateful to a curlew for rescuing his prayer book after it fell into the sea that he asked for all curlews to be protected.

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And at the closing ceremony, Yeo-am, the temple’s abbot, offered some parting words of wisdom.

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State media puts out a continuous stream of reports showing the diminutive dictator lavishing gifts on temples, and as a pallbearer at the funerals of senior abbots.

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