[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

misrule \misrule"\, n.
   1. the act, or the result, of misruling.
      1913 webster

   2. disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination.
      1913 webster

            enormous riot and misrule surveyed.   --pope.
      1913 webster

   abbot of misrule, or lord of misrule. see under abbot,
      and lord.
      1913 webster
see also:
abbot of misrule lord of misrule abbot lord 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

abbot \ab"bot\ a^b"bu^t, n. as. abbod, abbad, l. abbas,
   abbatis, gr. 'abba^s, fr. syriac abb=a father. cf. abba,
   abb'e.
   1. the superior or head of an abbey.
      1913 webster

   2. one of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.
      --encyc. brit.
      1913 webster

   abbot of the people. a title formerly given to one of the
      chief magistrates in genoa.

   abbot of misrule or lord of misrule, in mediaeval
      times, the master of revels, as at christmas; in scotland
      called the abbot of unreason. --encyc. brit.
      1913 webster
see also:
abba abb'e abbot of the people abbot of misrule lord of misrule abbot of unreason 

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