Look up: abbot

1. Abbot
   Meaning as a surname: A baptismal name `son of Abraham`.
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2. abbot
   [n] - the superior of an abbey of monks
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3. abbot
   Male superior of a monastery or abbey (usually of the Benedictine family or certain congregations of canons regular). The Rule of St Benedict describes the abbot as the father of his community and...
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4. Abbot
   Ab'bot noun [ Anglo-Saxon abbod , abbad , Latin abbas , abbatis , Greek 'abba^s , from Syriac abbā father. Confer Abba , Abbé .] 1. The superior or head of an abbey. 2....
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5. abbot
   archimandrite noun the superior of an abbey of monks
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6. Abbot
   • (n.) The superior or head of an abbey. • (n.) One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.
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7. abbot
   the superior of a monastic community that follows the Benedictine Rule (Benedictines, Cistercians, Camaldolese, Trappists) and of certain other ... [5 related articles]
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8. Abbot
   Abbot is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `abbey father` Abbot,Abbott The name Abbot doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Abbot seems to be unique!
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9. Abbot
   The USS Abbot was an American Fletcher Class destroyer of 2050 tons displacement built under the 1940-41 programme. The USS Abbot was powered by four Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 36 knots. She carried a complement of 353 and was armed with five 5 inch guns; six 40 mm Bofors an...
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10. Abbot
    An abbot is the superior of a community of monks. The word abbot ultimately derives from the Syriac abba, meaning father. The lady of similar rank to an abbot being called abbess. An abbess, however, was not, like the abbot, allowed to exercise the spiritual functions of the priesthood, such as prea...
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11. Abbot
    The Vickers Abbot was a British self-propelled gun developed during the 1950s for use by the British army in the Rhine. The Abbot was armed with a 155 mm gun, one 7.62 mm anti-aircraft machine-gun and three smoke dischargers. A crew of four were protected by armour ranging from 6 to 12 mm thick. A R...
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12. Abbot
    The word `abbot`, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery. The female equivalent is abbess. Origins: The title had it...
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13. Abbot
    (crater) `Abbot` is a small lunar impact crater that lies on the rugged ground between the Mare Fecunditatis in the south and west, and the Mare Crisium to the north. It is a circular crater with a cup-shaped interior. The inner walls slope downward to the mid-point, and no impacts of signifi...
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14. Abbot
    (framework) `Abbot` is a Java GUI Test Framework. It helps test Java user interfaces (UIs). It consists of Abbot, which lets you programmatically drive UI components, and Costello (built on Abbot) which allows you to easily launch, explore and control an application. The framework may be used with both scripts and compiled code. References:
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