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abbot definition

ab·bot (ab′ət)

noun

a man who is head of an abbey of monks

Etymology: OE abbod < LL(Ec) abbas < LGr(Ec) < Aram abbā, father

Abbot definition

Ab·bot (ab′ət)

Abbot, Charles Greeley (grē′lē) 1872-1973; U.S. astrophysicist

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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