[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 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

abbot
     n : the superior of an abbey of monks syn: archimandrite
see also:
archimandrite 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

26 moby thesaurus words for "abbot":
   abbacomes, ascetic, beadsman, brother, caloyer, celibate, cenobite,
   conventual, conventual prior, friar, grand prior, hermit,
   hieromonach, lay abbot, lay brother, mendicant, monastic, monk,
   palmer, pilgrim, pillar saint, pillarist, prior, religieux,
   religious, stylite

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