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abbotcy

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ab⋅bot

  [ab-uht]
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–noun
a man who is the head or superior, usually elected, of a monastery.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME, var. of abbat < L abbāt- (s. of abbās) < Gk < Aram abbā abba; r. ME, OE abbod (cf. OHG abbat) < LL abbād- for abbāt-

Related forms:
ab⋅bot⋅cy, ab⋅bot⋅ship, noun
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abbot 
O.E. abbud, from L. abbatem (nom. abbas), from Gk. abbas, from Aramaic abba, title of honor, lit. "the father, my father," emphatic state of abh "father." The L. fem. abbatissa is root of abbess.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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