abbot

English

Etymology

From Old English abbod, abbad, from Latin abbas (“father”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbas), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”). Compare abba, abbé.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈæb.ət/

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• Rhymes: -æbət

Noun

abbot (plural abbots)

1. The superior or head of an abbey or monastery.

   The newly appointed abbot decided to take a tour of the abbey with the cardinal's emissary.

2. One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys. "Encyclopedia Britannica"

Translations

superior or head of an abbey or monastery

Arabic: رئيس الدير (ar) (Rʼiys ad-Dyr) Basque: abade (eu) Breton: abad m., ebed / abaded pl. Bulgarian: игумен (bg) (igumen) Catalan: abat Cornish: abas (kw) m. Crimean Tatar: abbat Czech: opat (cs) m. Danish: abbed (da) Dutch: abt (nl) Esperanto: abato (eo) Faroese: abbati (fo) m. Finnish: apotti (fi) French: abbé (fr) m. Galician: abade m. German: Abt (de) m. Greek: ηγούμενος (el) Hungarian: apát (hu) Icelandic: ábóti (is) m. Ido: abado Interlingua: abbate Irish: ab (ga) m. Italian: abate (it)

Japanese: 僧正 (sōjō) Korean: 승정 (ko) (僧正, seungjeong), 수도원장 (ko) (修道院長, sudowonjang) Latin: abbas (la) m. Macedonian: опат (mk) (ópat) m., игумен (mk) (ígumen) m. Mongolian: хамба лам (mn) Norwegian: abbed (no) Novial: (male) abato Occitan: abat (oc) m. Polish: opat (pl) m. Portuguese: abade (pt) Russian: аббат (ru) (abbát) m., настоятель (ru) (nastoját'el') m., игумен (ru) (igúm'en) m. (orthodoxal) Serbian: игуман (sr) (iguman) m., опат (sr) (opat) m. Slovak: opát (sk) m. Slovene: opat (sl) m. Spanish: abad (es) Swedish: abbot (sv) Turkish: başrahip (tr) Ukrainian: абат (uk) (abát) m. Vietnamese: (cha) trưởng tu viện, viện chủ tu viện Volapük: (male or female) lepädan (vo), (male) hilepädan (vo) Welsh: abad (cy) m.

Related terms

• abba
• abbé
• abbess
• abbot-general
• Abbot of Misrule
• abbot of the people
• archabbot
• archimandrite
• cardinal-abbot
• mitred abbot, mitered abbot
• titular abbot

Shorthand

• Gregg (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS,Simplified,Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - o - t

See also

• prior
• rector
• monk

Derived terms

• Abbot of the people: a title formerly given to one of the chief magistrates in Genoa.
• Abbot of Misrule (or Lord of Misrule), in mediæval times, the master of revels, as at Christmas; in Scotland called the Abbot of Unreason. - "Encyclopedia Britanica"

References

• Webster 1913

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Swedish

Noun

abbot c.

1. an abbot

Declension

Declension of abbot

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	abbot	abboten	abbotar	abbotarna
genitive	abbots	abbotens	abbotars	abbotarnas

Related terms

• abbé
• abbedissa

See also

• munk