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abbot
ab·bot [ ábbət ] (plural ab·bots)


noun 
Definition:
 
head of monastery: the monk in charge of a monastery
[Pre-12th century. Via ecclesiastical Latin abbat-, stem of abbas< Aramaic 'abbā "father"]

ab·bot·ship noun
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