1. Originally a father or aged monk, but afterwards the superior of an abbey. Abbots regular were abbots in function as well as name; abbots commendatory were guardians of abbeys, drawing part of the revenues. The abbot of misrule or abbot of unreason, in Scotland, was a sort of histrionic character, similar to the lord of misrule in England.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• obbit,
• abaut,
• abuut,
• habbit,
• robbot,
• aboout,
• abgout,
• bbot,
• abott,
• abuout,
• abhout,
• abuwt,
• ashot,
• abotu,
• labot,
• aboost,
• abbbot,
• abeut,
• aboth,
• jabbot

• abode,
• abbitt,
• aboiteau,
• abate,
• abbate,
• about,
• abet,
• Abeita,
• abwatt,
• Abbott,
• ABT,
• abut,
• abboud,
• ABDO,
• abeyta.

The adjective form of "abbot" is "abbatial".

The plural of the "abbot" can be the "abbots".

The singular of the "abbot" can be the "abbot".