abbot
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Etymology
From Middle English abbot, abbod, abbed, from Old English abbat, abbad, abbod, from Latinski abbās (“father”), from Antički Grčki ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”). Dubleti of abba, abbé, and bwana.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) MFA(ključ): /ˈæb.ət/
- (General American) MFA(ključ): /ˈæb.ət/
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- Rime: -æbət
Noun
abbot (plural abbots)
- The superior or head of an abbey or monastery. [First attested around the early 12th century.][1][2]
- 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.
- (archaic, British slang) A brothel-owner's husband or lover.[3][4]
- (archaic, British 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.[3][4]
Derived terms
- Abbot
- Abbotford
- abbot-general
- Abbot of Misrule
- abbot of the people
- Abbot of Unreason
- abbot on the cross
- Abbots Bromley
- Abbotsford
- Abbots Langley
- Abbots Ripton
- Abbott
- Abbottford
- Abbottsford
- Abot
- Abott
- archabbot
- Aston Abbotts
- cardinal-abbot
- croziered abbot
- Manningford Abbots
- Milton Abbot
- mitred abbot, mitered abbot
- Newton Abbot
- titular abbot
Related terms
Descendants
- Gullah: aabut
Translations
superior or head of an abbey or monastery
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See also
References
- ↑ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], →ISBN 0550142304), page 2
- ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN 978-0198605751), page 3
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 “abbot” in Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors, A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant, volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: The Ballantyne Press, 1889–1890, page 3.
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues[1], volume 1, pages 4
- Webster 1913
Etymology
From Old Swedish abbot, from Latinski abbās, from Antički Grčki ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”). Dubleti of abbé.
Pronunciation
Noun
abbot c
- an abbot
Declension
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Nominative | abbot | abboten | abbotar | abbotarna |
Genitive | abbots | abbotens | abbotars | abbotarnas |