Meaning

5 senses
  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.

    Abt

    абба́тabbát, настоя́тельnastojátelʹ, игу́менigúmen

    аба́тabát

    the superior of an abbey of monks

  2. The pastor or administrator of an order, including minor and major orders starting with the minor order of porter.

  3. A layman who received the abbey's revenues, after the closing of the monasteries.

  4. (British, archaic, slang)A brothel-owner's husband or lover.

  5. (British, archaic, 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.

Examples

17 sentences
  1. The abbot gave rice to the fox.

    Абат дав лисиці рису.

    deDer Abt gab dem Fuchs Reis.

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  2. The monks elected a new abbot.

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  3. Look, this man is an abbot.

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  4. The abbot gave rice to the vixen.

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  5. Bishops, archbishops and abbots composed the high clergy.

    ruЕпископы, архиепископы и аббаты составляли высшее духовенство.

    deBischöfe, Erzbischöfe und Äbte bildeten den Hochklerus.

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English abbot, abbod, abbed, from Old English abbat, abbad, abbod, from Latin

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”). Doublet of abba, abbé, and bwana.

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