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abbot
English
Etymology
From Middle English abbot, abbod, abbed, from Old English abbat, abbad, abbod, from Latin abb?s (“father”), from Ancient Greek ????? (abbâs), from Aramaic ???? (’abb?, “father”). Doublet of abba, abbé, and bwana.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?æb.?t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?æb.?t/
- Homophone: Abbot
- Rhymes: -æb?t
Noun
abbot (plural abbots)
- The superior or head of an abbey or monastery. [First attested around the early 12th century.]
- The newly appointed abbot decided to take a tour of the abbey with the cardinal's emissary.
- The pastor and/or administrator of an order, including minor and major orders starting with the minor order of porter.
- A layman who received the abbey's revenues, after the closing of the monasteries.
- (archaic, British slang) A brothel-owner's husband or lover.
- (archaic, British slang) A ponce; a man employed by a prostitute to find clients, and who may also act as a bodyguard or equivalent to a bouncer.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Gullah: aabut
Translations
See also
- prior
- rector
- monk
References
- Webster 1913
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish abbot, from Latin abb?s, from Ancient Greek ????? (abbâs), from Aramaic ???? (’abb?, “father”). Doublet of abbé.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ab??t/
Noun
abbot c
- an abbot
Declension
Related terms
See also
- munk
References
- abbot in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- abbot in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
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hermit
English
Alternative forms
- eremite, heremit, heremite (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English hermite, heremite, eremite, from Old French eremite, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin eremita, from Ancient Greek ???????? (er?mít?s, “person of the desert”) from ?????? (er?mía, “desert, solitude”), from ?????? (ér?mos) or ?????? (erêmos, “uninhabited”) plus -???? (-ít?s, “one connected to, a member of”). Displaced native Old English ?nsetla.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?h?m?t/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h??m?t/
- Rhymes: -??(?)m?t
- Hyphenation: her?mit
Noun
hermit (plural hermits)
- A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite.
- Synonyms: anchorite, eremite
- A recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:recluse
- A spiced cookie made with molasses, raisins, and nuts.
- A hermit crab.
- 2016, Vicki Judah, Kathy Nuttall, Exotic Animal Care and Management (page 279)
- Because hermits are decapods and do not live within their own shells, they are not considered to be true crabs.
- 2016, Vicki Judah, Kathy Nuttall, Exotic Animal Care and Management (page 279)
- A hummingbird in the subfamily Phaethornithinae.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- monachos
- monk
Anagrams
- mither
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