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Abbot : (noun)
1: the superior of an abbey of monks [syn: archimandrite]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Misrule \Mis*rule"\, n.
1. The act, or the result, of misruling.
2. Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination.
Enormous riot and misrule surveyed. --Pope.
Abbot, or Lord, of Misrule. See under Abbot, and
Lord.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Abbot : \Ab"bot\, n. [AS. abbod, abbad, L. abbas, abbatis, Gr.
'abba^s, fr. Syriac abb[=a] father. Cf. Abba, Abb['e].]
1. The superior or head of an abbey.
2. One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.
--Encyc. Brit.
Abbot of the people. a title formerly given to one of the
chief magistrates in Genoa.
Abbot of Misrule (or Lord of Misrule), in medi[ae]val
times, the master of revels, as at Christmas; in Scotland
called the Abbot of Unreason. --Encyc. Brit.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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