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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)