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Abbot

Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the head of an independent monastery for men in various Western Christian traditions. The name is derived from abba, the Aramaic form of the Hebrew ab, and means "father". The female equivalent is abbess.

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Abbots in art and literature

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Abbatial hierarchy

Modern abbots not as superior

Eastern Christian

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Abbot

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related to Later Middle Ages · 62
Abbot → Abbots, Abingdon, AD, Adrian IV, Alexander II, Arbroath, Bardney, Battle, Braun, Bury St Edmunds, Cambuskenneth, Canterbury, Colchester, Cologne, Coupar Angus, Croyland, Dunfermline, Egelsinus, Elsewhere, England
related to Honorary and other uses of the title · 33
Abbot → Abt, Although, Archimandrite, Archpriest, Catherine II, Catholic Church, Cistercian, Count Wilbrand, East, Eastern Orthodox Church, Evangelical-Lutheran, French, German, German Evangelical Church, Hallermund, Hanover, In, In Greek, Latin Church, Loccum
related to General information · 29
Abbot → Aachen, Because, Before, But, Cluny, East, For, Glastonbury, He, Henry VIII, His, In, Leicester, No, Richard Whiting, Roman, Rule, Some, St Benedict, Synods
related to history · 29
Abbot → Abt, AD, An, Ancient Greek, By, Christian, Cluniac, Cluniac Order, Constantinople, Council, East, For, French, German, Imperial Aramaic, In Egypt, Latin, Monks, Old English, Rule
related to Abbatial hierarchy · 18
Abbot → American-Cassinese Congregation, An, Aventino, Cistercians, CisterciansAn, Common Observance, English Congregation, In, Latrobe, Mauro-Giuseppe Lepori OCist, Order, Pennsylvania, Rome, Saint Benedict, Saint Vincent Archabbey, Sant'Anselmo, Some, The
related to Modern abbots not as superior · 16
Abbot → Being, Catholic Church, English, European, Father, France, Francis, French, Hope, Ital, Nearly, Pope Leo, Revolution, St, The, This
related to Origins · 14
Abbot → Abbas, Arabic, Aramaic, At, Carolingian, Egypt, Frankish, Hebrew, In, Mediterranean, Merovingian, Septuagint, Syria, The
related to References · 12
Abbot → Catholic Encyclopedia, Charles, Edmund, Encyclopædia Britannica, Herbermann, New York, Phillips, Robert Appleton Company, This, Venables, Vol, Walter Alison
related to Eastern Christian · 11
Abbot → Bishops, Corpus Juris Civilis, East, Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern Orthodox, Hēguménē, In, Synod, The, The Superior, Those
related to Abbots in art and literature · 10
Abbot → Benedict, Christian, Danse Macabre, Great, Gregory, Life, Nursia, St, The, The Abbot

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abbots monastery monks title church st bishop century monastic abbeys lay head orders abbé archimandrite monasteries one jurisdiction rule pope

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Abbotis aecclesiastical title given to the head of an independent monastery for men in various Western Christian traditions0.90text
Abbotrelated to Abbatial hierarchyIn0.60section
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Abbotrelated to Abbatial hierarchySant'Anselmo0.60section
Abbotrelated to Abbatial hierarchyAventino0.60section
Abbotrelated to Abbatial hierarchyRome0.60section
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Abbotrelated to Abbatial hierarchySaint Benedict0.60section
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Abbotrelated to Abbatial hierarchyEnglish Congregation0.60section
Abbotrelated to Abbatial hierarchyAmerican-Cassinese Congregation0.60section

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