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Meanings of abbot in English

Russian
аббат
Portuguese
abade
Catalan
abat mitrat
Spanish
abad
Wikidata
f. abbess

Religious title.

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аббат
Portuguese
abade
Catalan
abat
Spanish
archimandrita

The head of a monastery of monks.

abade
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Examples for "archimandrite"
Examples for "archimandrite"
1
Subsequently he was appointed archimandrite of the convent of New Jerusalem at Voznesensk.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
2
Then we took a carriage, and Mamma went to the Russian priest's, the archimandrite Alexander.
Marie Bashkirtseff (From Childhood to Girlhood)
3
I don't know what passed at their interview, but the archimandrite disappeared and I was detained.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters
4
Being an archimandrite, he is married, for in our country priests and deacons can be married once.
Marie Bashkirtseff (From Childhood to Girlhood)
5
The archimandrite has been at our house.
Marie Bashkirtseff (From Childhood to Girlhood)

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Usage of abbot in English
1
The sonorous voice of the venerable abbot resounded in the vaulted aisle.
The Thirsty Sword: A Story of the Norse Invasion of Scotland (12...
2
The abbot has returned and said I could not come here anymore.
Scarlet
3
The monks are only in an ecclesiastical sense subordinate to the abbot.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 / A Magazine ...
4
When Jago translated the abbot's challenge for us, I saw Bran stiffen.
Scarlet
5
I am the abbot, and thou a prisoner in this good house.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
6
The abbot follows the last man with his eyes and roars angrily:
The Crushed Flower, and Other Stories
7
The government of an abbey is in the hands of its abbot.
A Canticle For Leibowitz
8
When he became aware again, he saw the abbot motioning to him.
A Canticle For Leibowitz
9
The old abbot thus suffered the fate of his seven unworthy disciples.
Filipino Popular Tales
10
To the abbot every candidate for admission took the vow of obedience.
Early European History
11
Then in Tyniec, the abbot will absolve you from this vow also.
The Knights of the Cross, or, Krzyzacy: Historical Romance
12
He rose to be prior and in 1137 was unanimously elected abbot.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
13
He was made an abbot and his influence spread in every direction.
Historia Calamitatum
14
Bruce paused, and listened gloomily to the departing steps of the abbot.
The Scottish Chiefs
15
The abbot paced up and down his orchard and garden of flowers.
The Fall of the Grand Sarrasin / Being a Chronicle of Sir Nigel ...
16
But we must make very sure it is the abbot who pays.
Tuck
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Russian
аббат
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