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abbat

abbat is the archaic spelling of abbot.

Meaning of abbot

Noun

abbot (plural abbots)

  1. The superior or head of an abbey or monastery.
    • The newly appointed abbot decided to take a tour of the abbey with the cardinal's emissary.
  2. The pastor or administrator of an order, including minor and major orders starting with the minor order of porter.
  3. A layman who received the abbey's revenues, after the closing of the monasteries.
  4. (British, archaic, slang) A brothel-owner's husband or lover.
  5. (British, archaic, slang) A ponce; a man employed by a prostitute to find clients, and who may also act as a bodyguard or equivalent to a bouncer.

See all 7 meanings of abbot

Forms of abbat

pluralabbats

Questions about abbat

What is abbat the archaic spelling of?
Abbat is the archaic spelling of abbot.

Words near abbat in the dictionary

  1. abbasis
  2. Abbassid
  3. Abbasside
  4. Abbassides
  5. Abbassids
  6. abbat
  7. abbate
  8. abbates
  9. abbatess
  10. abbatesses
  11. abbatial

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abbat (page history and authors); abbot (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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