abbot

See also: Abbot

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.ət/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.ət/
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Homophone: Abbot
Rhymes: -æbət

Noun

abbot (plural abbots)

The superior or head of an abbey or monastery. [First attested around the early 12^th century.][1][2]
The newly appointed abbot decided to take a tour of the abbey with the cardinal's emissary.
The pastor or administrator of an order, including minor and major orders starting with the minor order of porter.
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

Abbot
abbot-bishop
Abbotford
abbot-general
abbot general
abbot nullius
Abbot of Misrule
abbot of the people
Abbot of Unreason
abbot on the cross
abbot primate
Abbots Bromley
Abbotsford
Abbots Langley
Abbots Ripton
Abbott
Abbottford
Abbottsford
Abot
Abott
archabbot
Aston Abbotts
cardinal-abbot
croziered abbot
Manningford Abbots
Milton Abbot
mitred abbot, mitered abbot
Newton Abbot
titular abbot

Related terms

abba
abbé
abbess
archimandrite

Descendants

Gullah: aabut

Translations

superior or head of an abbey or monastery

Afrikaans: ab
Albanian: kryemurg m
Arabic: رَئِيس الدَّيْر‎ (raʾīs ad-dayr)
Armenian: աբբահայր (hy) (abbahayr), աբբա (hy) (abba), վանահայր (hy) (vanahayr)
Asturian: abá m
Basque: abade (eu)
Belarusian: аба́т m (abát)
Breton: abad (br) m
Bulgarian: игумен (bg) (igumen)
Burmese: ဆရာတော် (my) (hca.ratau)
Catalan: abat (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 方丈 (zh) (fāngzhàng), 住持 (zh) (zhùchí)
Cornish: abas m
Crimean Tatar: abbat
Czech: opat (cs) m
Danish: abbed (da)
Dutch: abt (nl)
Esperanto: abato (eo)
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Faroese: abbati m
Finnish: apotti (fi)
French: abbé (fr) m
Galician: abade (gl) m
Georgian: აბატი (ka) (abaṭi)
German: Abt (de) m
Greek: ηγούμενος (el) (igoúmenos)
Gullah: aabut
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: apát (hu)
Icelandic: ábóti (is) m
Ido: abado (io)
Interlingua: abbate
Irish: ab m, luamh m
Italian: abate (it) m
Japanese: 修道院長 (shūdōinchō), 住持 (ja) (jūji)
Korean: 승정(僧正) (seungjeong), 수도원장(修道院長) (sudowonjang)
Latin: abbās m, archimandrīta m
Latvian: abats (lv) m
Lithuanian: abatas (lt) m
Luxembourgish: Abt m
Macedonian: опат m (opat), игумен m (igumen)
Malay: abbas
Malayalam: മഠാധിപതി (ml) (maṭhādhipati)
Maltese: please add this translation if you can
Manx: abb m, fer-reill abban m
Maori: apota
Mongolian: хамба лам (mn) (xamba lam)
Neapolitan: abbate m
Norman: abbé m (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: abbed (no) m
Occitan: abat (oc) m
Old Portuguese: abade m
Pali: saṅghaṇāyaka m (Buddhism)
Persian: راهب بزرگ‎ (raheb-e bozorg)
Polish: opat (pl) m pers
Portuguese: abade (pt) m
Romagnol: abêt m
Romanian: egumen (ro) m
Russian: абба́т (ru) m (abbát), настоя́тель (ru) m (nastojátelʹ), игу́мен (ru) m (igúmen) (Orthodox)
Serbo-Croatian: игуман m, iguman (sh) m, опат m, opat (sh) m
Slovak: opát (sk) m
Slovene: opat (sl) m
Spanish: abad (es) m
Swahili: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: abbot (sv)
Tagalog: abad (tl)
Thai: เจ้าอาวาส
Turkish: başrahip (tr)
Ukrainian: аба́т (uk) m (abát)
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} (cha) trưởng tu viện, ^{(please verify)} viện chủ tu viện
Volapük: (male or female) lepädan (vo), (male) hilepädan
Welsh: abad (cy) m
West Frisian: abt c, abbet c
Zulu: please add this translation if you can

References

Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], →ISBN), page 2
Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abbot”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.
Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890), “abbot”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, OCLC 882571771, page 3.
Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues‎, volume 1, pages 4

Webster 1913

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish abbot, from Latin abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא‎ (’abbā, “father”). Doublet of abbé.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈabːɔt/

Noun

abbot c

an abbot

Declension

Declension of abbot
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	abbot	abboten	abbotar	abbotarna
Genitive	abbots	abbotens	abbotars	abbotarnas

Related terms

abbedissa
abbotsstift
abbé

References

abbot in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
abbot in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

[1] Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], →ISBN), page 2

[2] Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abbot”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

[barrere-3] Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890), “abbot”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, OCLC 882571771, page 3.

[farmer-4] Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues‎, volume 1, pages 4