ABBOT


Meaning of ABBOT in English

■ noun a man who is the head of an abbey of monks.

Derivatives

~ship noun

Origin

OE abbod , from eccles. L. abbas , abbat- , from Gk abbas 'father', from Aramaic 'abbā (see Abba ).

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