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De - Pt| English Dictionary: [abbot] | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for [abbot] | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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]: | |
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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. | |
