abbot
noun/ˈæbət/
/ˈæbət/
- a man who is the head of an abbey of monksTopics Religion and festivalsc2Word OriginOld English abbod, from ecclesiastical Latin abbas, abbat-, from Greek abbas ‘father’, from Aramaic 'abbā .
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