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abbot

/ˈæbət/A-buht
/ˈæbət/A-buht

Meaningfather or monastic head

Common meaning: head of a community of monks

Journey through time

  1. Greekabbas‘father or monastic head’source
  2. Syriacabba‘father’source
  3. Old Englishmeaning shiftsfather → monastic headabbod‘monastic head’sourceB&T
  4. Middle Englishabbotsource
  5. Englishabbot‘head of a community of monks’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Greek abbas ‘father or monastic head’.

Source words

  • abbas Greek · source word “father or monastic head”

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