abbot
See also: Abbot
Contents
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English abbot, abbod, abbed, from Old English abbat, abbad, abbod, from Latin abbās (“father”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”). Compare abba, abbé.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæb.ət/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæb.ət/
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Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: Abbot
- Rhymes: -æbət
Noun[edit]
abbot (plural abbots)
- The superior or head of an abbey or monastery. [First attested around the early 12th century.][1][2]
- The newly appointed abbot decided to take a tour of the abbey with the cardinal's emissary.
- A layman who received the abbey's revenues, after the closing of the monasteries.
- (archaic, British slang) A brothel-owner's husband or lover.[3][4]
- (archaic, British slang) A ponce; a man employed by a prostitute to find clients, and who may also act as a bodyguard or equivalent to a bouncer.[3][4]
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
- Abbot of Misrule (or Lord of Misrule), in medieval times, the master of revels, as at Christmas; in Scotland called the Abbot of Unreason
- abbot of the people: a title formerly given to one of the chief magistrates in Genoa.
- abbot on the cross: slang term for a brothel bully.
- croziered abbot: slang term for a brothel bully.
- Newton Abbot
Related terms[edit]
Related terms
Translations[edit]
superior or head of an abbey or monastery
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], ISBN 0550142304), page 2
- ^ “abbot” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-19-860457-0, page 3.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “abbot” in Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors, A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant, volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: The Ballantyne Press, 1889–1890, page 3.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues[1], volume 1, pages 4
- Webster 1913
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish abbot, from Latin abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
abbot c
- an abbot
Declension[edit]
| Declension of abbot | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | abbot | abboten | abbotar | abbotarna |
| Genitive | abbots | abbotens | abbotars | abbotarnas |
Related terms[edit]
Related terms
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- abbot in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
- abbot in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
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