Found 1 hit - Term: abbot of the people, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : 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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