English Dictionary: abbot | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Misrule \Mis*rule"\, n. 1. The act, or the result, of misruling. 2. Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination. Enormous riot and misrule surveyed. --Pope. {Abbot}, [or] {Lord}, {of Misrule}. See under {Abbot}, and {Lord}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Abbot \Ab"bot\, n. [AS. abbod, abbad, L. abbas, abbatis, Gr. 'abba^s, fr. Syriac abb[be] father. Cf. {Abba}, {Abb[82]}.] 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[91]val times, the master of revels, as at Christmas; in Scotland called the {Abbot of Unreason}. --Encyc. Brit. |