abbot

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈæbət/|/ˈabət/    美 /ˈæbət/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The superior or head of an abbey or monastery.
    — The newly appointed abbot decided to take a tour of the abbey with the cardinal's emissary.
  2. The pastor or administrator of an order, including minor and major orders starting with the minor order of porter.
  3. A layman who received the abbey's revenues, after the closing of the monasteries.
  4. A brothel-owner's husband or lover. British,archaic,slang
  5. A ponce; a man employed by a prostitute to find clients, and who may also act as a bodyguard or equivalent to a bouncer. British,archaic,slang

词形变化

abbots plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Abbot abbot-bishop abbotcy abbotess Abbotford abbot-general abbot general abbot nullius Abbot of Misrule abbot of the people Abbot of Unreason abbot on the cross abbot primate abbotric abbotry Abbots Bromley Abbotsbury Abbotsford Abbotsham abbotship Abbots Langley Abbots Ripton Abbott Abbottford Abbottsford Abot Abott archabbot Aston Abbotts cardinal-abbot croziered abbot Hanham Abbots Hemingford Abbots Manningford Abbots Milton Abbot mitred abbot mitered abbot Newton Abbot subabbot titular abbot
相关词
abba abbacy abbatial abbé abbess Abraham Abu Dhabi archimandrite monk prior rector

词源

From Middle English abbot, abbod, abbed, from Old English abbat, abbad, abbod, from Latin abbās (“father”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”). Doublet of abba, abbé, and bwana.
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