ABBOT


Meaning of ABBOT in English

/ ˈæbət; NAmE / noun

a man who is the head of a monastery or an abbey

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WORD ORIGIN

Old English abbod , from ecclesiastical Latin abbas , abbat- , from Greek abbas father, from Aramaic 'abbā .

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