abbot
UK/ˈæbət/
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British/ˈabət/
abbot noun: the superior or head of an abbey or monastery.
Noun
abbot (plural abbots)
- 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.
- The pastor or administrator of an order, including minor and major orders starting with the minor order of porter.
- A layman who received the abbey's revenues, after the closing of the monasteries.
- A brothel-owner's husband or lover.
- A ponce; a man employed by a prostitute to find clients, and who may also act as a bodyguard or equivalent to a bouncer.
Proper noun capitalized: Abbot
Abbot (countable and uncountable, plural Abbots)
- A surname.
- A town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States, named after John Abbot.
abbot meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
abbot in Hindi
- मठाधिकारी, मठाधीश, मठाध्यक्ष, महन्त
abbot in Tamil
- மடாதிபதி, பீடாதிபதி, குருமடத்தின் தலைவர்
abbot in Bengali
- মঠাধ্যক্ষ, মঠ, আশ্রমের অধ্যক্ষ
abbot in Malayalam
- superior or head of an abbey or monastery
- മഠാധിപതി maṭhādhipati
More languagesFewer languages
- abbot in Kannada
- ಕ್ರಿಸ್ತಮತದ ಮಠದ ಮುಖ್ಯಸ್ಥ
- abbot in Tagalog
- abad
- abbot in Arabic
- رَئِيس الدَّيْر raʔīs ad-dayr, أَبَاتِي ʔabātī
- abbot in Malay
- abbas
- abbot in Indonesian
- abas
- abbot in Persian
- راهب بزرگ râheb-e bozorg
- abbot in Thai
- เจ้าอาวาส jâao-aa-wâat
- abbot in Vietnamese
- trụ trì tự viện
- abbot in Myanmar
- ဆရာတော် hca.ratau
Forms of abbot
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | abbots |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Abbots |
Origin of abbot
From Middle English abbot, abbod, abbed, from Old English abbat, abbad, abbod, from Latin abbās (“father”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”). Doublet of abba, abbé, and bwana.
Variant spelling of Abbott.
Words formed from abbot
- Abbotford
- Abbotsford
- Abbot Village
- abbot-bishop
- abbotcy
- abbotess
- abbot-general
- abbot general
- abbot nullius
- Abbot of Misrule
- abbot of the people
- Abbot of Unreason
- abbot on the cross
- abbot primate
- abbotric
- abbotry
- Abbots Bromley
- Abbotsbury
- Abbotsham
- abbotship
- Abbots Langley
- Abbots Ripton
- Abbott
- Abbottford
- Abbottsford
- Abot
- Abott
- archabbot
- Aston Abbotts
- cardinal-abbot
- croziered abbot
- Hanham Abbots
- Hemingford Abbots
- Manningford Abbots
- Milton Abbot
- mitred abbot
- mitered abbot
- Newton Abbot
- subabbot
- titular abbot
Phrases with abbot
Questions about abbot
- What does abbot mean?
- Abbot means the superior or head of an abbey or monastery.
- What is abbot in Hindi?
- Abbot in Hindi is मठाधिकारी, मठाधीश, मठाध्यक्ष. See Abbot meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is abbot?
- Abbot can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce abbot?
- Abbot is pronounced /ˈæbət/ (UK).
- What is the plural of abbot?
- The plural of abbot is abbots.
Words near abbot in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: abbot (page history and authors); Abbot (page history and authors); abbot (Hindi Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abbot (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abbot (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abbot (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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