Abbot - English meaning

Abbot – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A man who is the head of an abbey of monks.
Usage examples:
Friaries were occupied by friars, abbeys were headed by abbots, priories by priors.

noun
A man who is in charge of a monastery

方丈, 男修道院长

Abt, Kloosteroverste, Abbe

Abbé, Abbesse

Abt, Vorsteher

मठाधीश, महंत, (ईसाई) मठाधीश, मठगुरु, मठाधिप

Abate

대 수도 원장, 대수도원장

Аббат, Настоятель монастыря

Abad, Abate, Superior de un monasterio, Prior de monasterio

Word origin

Old English abbod, from ecclesiastical Latin abbas, abbat-, from Greek abbas ‘father’, from Aramaic 'abbā (see Abba1).

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