abbot

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

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

Bản dịch

ηγούμενος

αββάς

Abbate

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abbé

Tính thường xuyên

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Phát âm là (IPA)
/ˈæb.ət/
Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

In summary

From Middle English abbot, abbod, abbed, from Old English abbat, abbad, abbod, from Latin abbās (“father”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”). Doublet of abba, abbé, and bwana.

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