Abbot \Ab"bot\ ([a^]b"b[u^]t), 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. [1913 Webster]

2. One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys. --Encyc. Brit. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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abbot

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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.

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)