abbot [
'æbət]
n. 男修道院院长, 大寺院男住持
- The abbot told him to obey the rules.
修道院院长告诉他要遵守规定。 - The office, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot.
修道院院长修道院院长的职务、任期或职权 - The abbot told him to obey the rules.
修道院院长告诉他要遵守规定。
abbot[ noun ]
the superior of an abbey of monks
<noun.person>
Abbot \Ab"bot\, n. [AS. abbod, abbad, L. abbas, abbatis, Gr.
'abba^s, fr. Syriac abb[=a] father. Cf. {Abba}, {Abb['E]}.]
1. The superior or head of an 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 medi[ae]val
times, the master of revels, as at Christmas; in Scotland
called the {Abbot of Unreason}. --Encyc. Brit.
- In 1929, Mooney was made its abbot until he retired in 1969.
- You've got to come to a deeper realization of the truth," says monastery vice abbot Junpo Dennis Kelly.