1) Abbey head 2) Archimandrite 3) Benedictine bigwig 4) Benedictine head 5) Big brother 6) Big-wig in a frock 7) Boss of brothers 8) Brother with a cross 9) Bud the comedian 10) Chief monk 11) Cloister chief 12) Cloister kingpin 13) Cloister official 14) Crosier carrier 15) Ecclesiastical leader 16) Ecclesiastical title
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The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. This article is intended to present facts related to the role and history associated with abbots in Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery. Th...
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[crater] Abbot is named after the American astrophysicist Charles Greeley Abbot. It was designated Apollonius K before being given its name by the IAU. Apollonius itself lies to the east of the crater Abbot. ...
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• (n.) The superior or head of an abbey. • (n.) One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.
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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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Meaning as a surname: A baptismal name `son of Abraham`.
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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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Superior of a monastery of a monastic order
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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. One of a class of bishops whose sees were fo...
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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 preaching, confessing, etc; nor did abbesses ever succ...
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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 Rolls-Royce six-cylinder diesel engine provided a t...
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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 anti-aircraft guns; ten 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft...
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n] - the superior of an abbey of monks
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the legal head and spiritual father of a monastery.
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archimandrite noun the superior of an abbey of monks
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a man who is the head or superior, usually elected, of a monastery.
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