Abbot

Definitions

1. The superior or head of an abbey or monastery.
2. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
3. The pastor or administrator of an order, including minor and major orders starting with the minor order of porter.
4. A town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States, named after a John Abbot.
   countable, uncountable
5. A layman who received the abbey's revenues, after the closing of the monasteries.
6. A brothel-owner's husband or lover.
   British, archaic, slang
7. A ponce; a man employed by a prostitute to find clients, and who may also act as a bodyguard or equivalent to a bouncer.
   British, archaic, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“The newly appointed abbot decided to take⟳ a tour of the abbey with the cardinal's emissary.”

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