Words Like ABBOT

We have put together a list of words that are similar to ABBOT.

2 Alternative Words Similar to abbot

1 Archimandrite Noun      Synonym Words Like Archimandrite
2 Superior Noun      Synonym Words Like Superior

6 definitions of abbot

1 Literally, father: a title originally given to any monk, but afterward limited to the head or superior of a monastery.
2 In later usage, loosely applied to the holder of one of certain non-monastic offices.
3 A title retained in Hanover, Würtemberg, Brunswick, and Schleswig-Holstein by the heads of certain Protestant institutions to which the property of various abbeys was transferred at the Reformation. See abbess
4 The chief magistrate of the Genoese in Galata.
5 A layman who received the abbey's revenues, after the closing of the monasteries.
6 the superior of an abbey of monks
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