Abbot

//ˈæb.ət//

Synonyms for "abbot" (36 found)

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Closest matches (8)

Strong matches (10)

Noun(1 words)
cenobiarch

Related words (18)

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8 relation types

More general

3 entries

Related terms

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derived

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Showing 16 of 41 words.

etymologically related_to

2 entries

form of

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has context

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is a

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related to

24 entries

Showing 16 of 24 words.

Translations

91 translations across 70 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • ab noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)
  • kloostervoog noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Albanian

1 entries
  • kryemurg noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Arabic

1 entries
  • رَئِيس الدَّيْر noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Armenian

3 entries
  • աբբա noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)
  • աբբահայր noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)
  • վանահայր noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Asturian

1 entries
  • abá noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Basque

1 entries
  • abade noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • аба́т noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Breton

1 entries
  • abad noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • аба́т noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)
  • игумен noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဆရာတော် noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Catalan

1 entries
  • abat noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 住持 noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)
  • 方丈 noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Cornish

1 entries
  • abas noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • abbat noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Czech

1 entries
  • opat noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Danish

1 entries
  • abbed noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Dutch

1 entries
  • abt noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • abato noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Faroese

1 entries
  • abbati noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Finnish

1 entries
  • apotti noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

French

1 entries
  • abbé noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Galician

1 entries
  • abade noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Georgian

1 entries
  • აბატი noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

German

1 entries
  • Abt noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Greek

1 entries
  • ηγούμενος noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Gullah

1 entries
  • aabut noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • apát noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • ábóti noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Ido

1 entries
  • abado noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • abas noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • abbate noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Irish

2 entries
  • ab noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)
  • luamh noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Italian

1 entries
  • abate noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 住持 noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)
  • 修道院長 noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Korean

2 entries
  • 수도원장 noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)
  • 승정 noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Latin

2 entries
  • abbās noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)
  • archimandrīta noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Latvian

1 entries
  • abats noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • abatas noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Abt noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • игумен noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)
  • опат noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Malay

1 entries
  • abbas noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • മഠാധിപതി noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Manx

2 entries
  • abb noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)
  • fer-reill abban noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • хамба лам noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Māori

1 entries
  • apota noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • abbate noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Norman

1 entries
  • abbé noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • abbed noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Occitan

1 entries
  • abat noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Old Galician-Portuguese

1 entries
  • abade noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Pali

1 entries
  • saṅghaṇāyaka noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Persian

1 entries
  • راهب بزرگ noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Polish

1 entries
  • opat noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • abade noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Romagnol

1 entries
  • abêt noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Romanian

2 entries
  • egumen noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)
  • stareț noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Russian

3 entries
  • абба́т noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)
  • игу́мен noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)
  • настоя́тель noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • iguman noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)
  • opat noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)
  • игуман noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)
  • опат noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Slovak

1 entries
  • opát noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Slovene

1 entries
  • opat noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Spanish

1 entries
  • abad noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Swedish

1 entries
  • abbot noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • abad noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Thai

1 entries
  • เจ้าอาวาส noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Turkish

3 entries
  • başkeşiş noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)
  • başpapaz noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)
  • başrahip noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • аба́т noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • trụ trì tự viện noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Volapük

2 entries
  • hilepädan noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)
  • lepädan noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Welsh

1 entries
  • abad noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

West-Frisian

2 entries
  • abbet noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)
  • abt noun (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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The abbot gave rice to the vixen.

Source: tatoeba (595237)

"So, do you agree, Madam Mayor?" stammered the abbot, barely hiding his joy.

Source: tatoeba (3249877)

The monks elected a new abbot.

Source: tatoeba (3614873)

Stanley Abbot, an architect, was the first designer of the parkway. He believed it was important to have variety in what people saw. Along with the mountains, Abbott wanted visitors to the parkway to see the valleys, forests, farms, rivers and homes of the surrounding communities.

Source: tatoeba (6993560)

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