abbot
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Etymology
From Средњи Енглески abbot, abbod, abbed, from Стари Енглески abbat, abbad, abbod, from Латински abbās (“father”), from Lua грешка in Модул:parameters at line 290: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS.., from Арамејски אבא (’abbā, “father”). Дублети of abba, abbé, and bwana.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) МФА(кључ): /ˈæb.ət/
- (General American) МФА(кључ): /ˈæb.ət/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (CA): (file) - Homophone: Abbot
- Риме: -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, page 4
- Webster 1913
Etymology
From Old Swedish abbot, from Латински abbās, from Lua грешка in Модул:parameters at line 290: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS.., from Арамејски אבא (’abbā, “father”). Дублети of abbé.
Pronunciation
Noun
abbot c
- an abbot
Declension
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | abbot | abboten | abbotar | abbotarna |
Genitive | abbots | abbotens | abbotars | abbotarnas |