abbot

About 3.18 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The superior or head of an abbey or monastery. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

   The newly appointed abbot decided to take a tour of the abbey with the cardinal's emissary.

2. noun The pastor or administrator of an order, including minor and major orders starting with the minor order of porter.
3. noun A layman who received the abbey's revenues, after the closing of the monasteries.
4. noun A brothel-owner's husband or lover.
5. noun A ponce; a man employed by a prostitute to find clients, and who may also act as a bodyguard or equivalent to a bouncer.

Similar words

archimandrite priest chaplain reverend father elect downing abbott hegumen archabbot

Often followed by

of and was in had to or suger is

Word family

abbots