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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
abbot/ˈabət/

▶noun a man who is the head of an abbey of monks.

– derivatives
abbotship noun.

– origin OE abbod, from eccles. L. abbas, abbat-, from Gk abbas ‘father’, from Aramaic 'abbā (see Abba).

'abbot' also found in these Oxford entries:

abbacy - abbatial - abbé - abbess - abbey - pontifical - prior

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