Abbot

n.	1.	The superior or head of an abbey.
	2.	One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys. Abbot of the people a title formerly given to one of the chief magistrates in Genoa. Abbot of Misrule in mediæval times, the master of revels, as at Christmas; in Scotland called the Abbot of Unreason. - Encyc. Brit.

Noun

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abbot - the superior of an abbey of monks Synonyms: archimandrite

abbacomes, ascetic, beadsman, brother, caloyer, celibate, cenobite, conventual, conventual prior, grand prior, hermit, hieromonach, lay abbot, lay brother, mendicant, monastic, monk, palmer, pilgrim, pillar saint, pillarist, prior, religieux, religious, stylite