MEANING
A man who governs an abbey or community of monks.
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- abbot’s lodging
- elected abbot
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The abbot summoned the brothers.
Rain tapped against the abbot’s lodging.
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Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular abbot; plural abbots. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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