| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| abbot |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ab·bot |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   b  t |
| NOUN: | 1. The superior of a monastery. 2. abbr. Abb. Used as a title for such a person. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English abbod, from Old English, from Late Latin abb s, abbt-, from Greek abb, abbs, from Aramaic ’abb, my father. See  b in Appendix II.
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