abbot

¹

[ ab-uht ]

noun

1. a man who is the head or superior, usually elected, of a monastery.

Abbot

²

[ ab-uht ]

noun

1. Charles Greeley, 1872–1973, U.S. astrophysicist.
2. Also Abbott. a first name.

abbot

/ ˈæbət /

noun

1. the superior of an abbey of monks abbatial

Derived Forms

• ˈabbotˌship, noun

Other Words From

• abbot·cy abbot·ship noun
• sub·abbot noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of abbot¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English, variant of abbat, from Latin abbāt- (stem of abbās ), from Greek, from Aramaic abbā; replacing Middle English, Old English abbod (compare Old High German abbat ), from Late Latin abbād- for abbāt-; Abba ¹( def )

Word History and Origins

Origin of abbot¹

Old English abbod, from Church Latin abbāt- (stem of abbas ), ultimately from Aramaic abbā Abba

Example Sentences

In a statement about the decision, Justice Sotomayor, a liberal, said it was up to Texas Governor Abbot whether to stop the execution.

From BBC

At 20.30 the company said the 12.36 Paddington to Paignton service had been moved back to Newton Abbot, and customers were also being taken off the other stranded service.

From BBC

She married Michael in Los Angeles in 1964, and by 1971, when he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, they had set up shop on Abbot Kinney in Venice.

From Los Angeles Times

St Beuno, a seventh century abbot, was said to be so grateful to a curlew for rescuing his prayer book after it fell into the sea that he asked for all curlews to be protected.

From BBC

Before the first World War and until the Depression, pleasure piers had been built, burned and rebuilt along the shoreline sands of Santa Monica and Venice: the Crystal Pier, the Abbot Kinney Pier, the Million Dollar Pier, the Pickering Pier, Frasier’s Pier, the Ocean Park Pier.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• monk