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ab·bot (abət)

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 (abət)

Abbot, Charles Greeley (grē) 1872-1973; U.S. astrophysicist
abbot Synonyms

abbot

n.

prior, rector, archabbot, abbot-general; see friar, monk, minister 1.

abbot Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • miter: A proud day for her to have a son a mitred abbot; it makes you glad to think they let her in.
  • appoint: Here an abbey was established and a prior called Richard was appointed abbot.
  • elect: He was elected abbot in 1963, the head of a community of 150 monks.
  • become: Born in Britain, he went to Brittany where he became abbot of a monastery he had founded.
  • choose: A monk at Montecassino in Italy, he was chosen abbot about the year 830 and was noted for his almsgiving.
  • say: The king's corpse was carried to Winchester, and was honorably interred by the said abbot Dunstan, in the Old Monastery.

Converse of subject

  • make: The first fine ( for 100 marks ) was made by the abbot of Bury St Edmunds between 30 and 31 January.

Adjective modifier

  • cistercian: It is believed that King John established Beaulieu as an act of penance after he dreamt that he was being flogged by Cistercian abbots.
  • Benedictine: That undoubtedly reflected his background as a Benedictine abbot, for he regarded the Rule of St Benedict as the rule of his life.
  • last: The last abbot of Glastonbury, Richard Whiting, caused these relics to be spirited away, refusing to give them up.
  • former: Some graves can be seen in this chamber, as this was the usual place to bury former Abbots of the monastery.
  • late: The most famous of these is the " Life " written by a later abbot of Iona, St. Adomnán.
  • first: This monk was later made first abbot of Kinloss.

Noun used with modifier

  • lord: And then began the lord abbot to sing the Mass of the Holy Innocents.

Possessives

  • lodging: Work round the monastery, asking " who would be in the abbot's lodgings " , " who would be in the kitchen?
  • house: South east of the east range are the interesting remains of the abbot's house, complete with some fascinating vaulted stonework.
  • court: Free tenants, in 1312 excluding those holding in free alms, owed suit twice a year at the abbot's court in Hampstead.
  • consent: At age twenty, St Willibrord received his abbot's consent to go to Ireland for more spiritual and intellectual training.

Preposition: of

  • monastery: He was also abbot of the monastery at Bedford.

Preposition: for

  • year: The fourteenth Abbot of Montecassino in Italy, abbot for eleven years.

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