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The superior or head of an abbey.

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  1. n. The superior or head of an abbey.
  2. n. One of a class of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/Bishops">bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.
  3. n. the superior of an abbey of monks
  4. 1. The class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/superior">superior or head of an class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/abbey">abbey. 2. One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys. Encyc. Brit. Abbot of the people. a title formerly given to one of the chief magistrates in Genoa. -- Abbot of Misrule (or Lord of Misrule), in mediæval times, the master of revels, as at Christmas; in Scotland called the Abbot of Unreason. Encyc. Brit.
  5. n:100 n. the superior of an abbey of monks