Word Meanings - ABBOT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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 , in mediæval times, the

Additional info about word: ABBOT

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 , in mediæval times, the master of revels, as at Christmas; in Scotland called the Abbot of Unreason. Encyc. Brit.

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  The possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever.
• TITLELESS
  Not having a title or name; without legitimate title. "A titleless tyrant." Chaucer.
• CLASSIFIC
  Characterizing a class or classes; relating to classification.
• ENCYCLIC; ENCYCLICAL
  An encyclical letter, esp. one from a pope. Shipley.
• CHIEFLESS
  Without a chief or leader.
• CLASSIFICATORY
  Pertaining to classification; admitting of classification. "A classificatory system." Earle.
• CLASSICISM
  A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism. C. Kingsley.
• TITLED
  Having or bearing a title.
• ENCYCLOPEDIAN
  Embracing the whole circle of learning, or a wide range of subjects.
• CLASSIS
  An ecclesiastical body or judicat (more info) 1. A class or order; sort; kind. His opinion of that classis of men. Clarendon.
• PEOPLE
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• TITLER
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• ENCYCLOPEDIST
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• FORMERLY
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• CHIEFEST
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• CLASSMATE
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• BETIME; BETIMES
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