Results for abbot

Definitions of abbot:

part of speech: noun

The father or head of an abbey.

part of speech: noun

The superior or chief person over an abbey or monastery.

part of speech: noun

The male superior, or head, of an abbey or monastery.

part of speech: feminine

ABBESS.

Usage examples for abbot:

• Is the abbot Hildebrandus here? "Cæsar or Nothing", Pío Baroja Baroja

• The Abbot smiling and crafty as always, patiently awaited the time, so sure to come, when noise and clamor should exhaust itself, and his own smooth- spoken counsel should prevail. "Cedric, the Forester", Bernard Gay Marshall

• Say that we are ready to deliver up the castle and all its contents to the care of the holy Church, so that the Abbot but sees our tortured souls safely directed towards the gates of Paradise. "The Strong Arm", Robert Barr

• " I heard, brother," the abbot said, " that you had bravely fought against the Danes near Thetford, and have been sorely anxious since the news came of the dispersal of your force." "The Dragon and the Raven or, The Days of King Alfred", G. A. Henty