What (who) is abbot - definition
RELIGIOUS TITLE
AbboT; Abbots; Abbas castrensis; Abbas palatinus; Abbas populi; Abbot-General; Arch-abbot; Abbotship; Abbacies; Abbotcy; Abbacie; Archabbot; Abbatial blessing
![[[Thomas Schoen]], abbot of Bornem Abbey](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abbatia CIST Sbernadiensis 27a (cropped).jpg?width=200 "[[Thomas Schoen]], abbot of Bornem Abbey")
![Conyers]], Georgia, US.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abbot Francis Michael and Prior Anthony Delisi.jpg?width=200 "Conyers]], Georgia, US.")
![Rule for Monasteries]] (Münsterschwarzach, Germany)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benedikt von Nursia in Muensterschwazach.jpg?width=200 "Rule for Monasteries]] (Münsterschwarzach, Germany)")
![Benedictine Archabbot Schober in prelate's dress and [[cappa magna]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erzabt Ildefons Schober OSB.JPG?width=200 "Benedictine Archabbot Schober in prelate's dress and [[cappa magna]]")
!["The Abbot", from the ''[[Dance of Death]]'', by [[Hans Holbein the Younger]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Houghton Typ 515.38.456a - Totentanz, 14.jpg?width=200 "\"The Abbot\", from the ''[[Dance of Death]]'', by [[Hans Holbein the Younger]]")
![St. [[Dominic of Silos]] enthroned as abbot (Hispano-Flemish Gothic 15th century)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Santo Domingo de Silos entronizado como obispo, por Bartolomé Bermejo.jpg?width=200 "St. [[Dominic of Silos]] enthroned as abbot (Hispano-Flemish Gothic 15th century)")
![[[Copt]]ic [[icon]] of [[Saint Pachomius]], the founder of [[cenobitic]] [[monasticism]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/StPakhom.jpg?width=200 "[[Copt]]ic [[icon]] of [[Saint Pachomius]], the founder of [[cenobitic]] [[monasticism]]")
![Arms of a Roman Catholic abbot are distinguished by a gold [[crozier]] with a veil attached and a black [[galero]] with twelve tassels (the galero of a [[territorial abbot]] would be green)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Template-Abbot - Provost.svg?width=200 "Arms of a Roman Catholic abbot are distinguished by a gold [[crozier]] with a veil attached and a black [[galero]] with twelve tassels (the galero of a [[territorial abbot]] would be green)")
abbot
¦ noun a man who is the head of an abbey of monks.
Derivatives
abbotship noun
Origin
OE abbod, from eccles. L. abbas, abbat-, from Gk abbas 'father', from Aramaic 'abba (see Abba).
Abbot
·noun The superior or head of an Abbey.
II. Abbot ·noun One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.
abbot
(abbots)
An abbot is the monk who is in charge of the other monks in a monastery or abbey.
N-COUNT
Wikipedia
Abbot
Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not the head of a monastery. The female equivalent is abbess.
Pronunciation examples for abbot
1. Jim Abbot.
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2. SEBASTIAN ABBOT: Thanks.
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3. SEBASTIAN ABBOT: Great.
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4. SEBASTIAN ABBOT: Thanks.
The Away Game - The Epic Search for Soccer's Next Superstars _ Sebastian Abbot _ Talks at Google
5. SEBASTIAN ABBOT: Yeah.
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Examples of use of abbot
1. Father Cuthbert Madden, Abbot of Ampleforth, apologised to the victims.
2. The dead included the temple‘s abbot, Xiong Wancheng.
3. Only weeks before his election as Abbot he told friends that he wished the Abbot would put him on a diet.
4. Abbot Chrysostomos, who was appointed last year to replace the rebel abbot Methodius, insisted that the monks’ occupation «will not deter us.»
5. He reportedly believed the abbot had flirted with his wife.