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Abbot

🔄 Synonyms of "Abbot"

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Word	Definition
archimandritenoun	(Eastern Orthodoxy) The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Abbot"

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Word	Definition
archimandritenoun	(Eastern Orthodoxy) The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church.
abbénoun	A low-ranking member of the Roman Catholic clergy in France who is not a member of a religious order, is not a priest, and can marry and inherit property; an honorific title for such a clergymember.
priestnoun	A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.
chaplainnoun	A member of a religious body who is (often, although not always, of the clergy) officially assigned to provide pastoral care at an institution, group, private chapel, etc.
reverendnoun	A member of the Christian clergy; a minister.
fathernoun	A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).
electnoun	One chosen or set apart.
downingnoun	A defeat.
abbottnoun	A surname originating as an occupation.
hegumennoun	(Christianity) The head of a monastery of the Eastern Orthodox Church or Eastern Catholic Churches.
archabbotnoun	(ecclesiastical) In certain Catholic (notably Benedictine) congregations, the title of the general superior, ranking above all other abbots, vested in a particular abbey, which hence is called an archabbey (usually its motherhouse, such as Beuron, which gave its name to a Benedictine congregation).
lamanoun	A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
priornoun	Coming before in order or time; earlier, former, previous.
superiornoun	Higher in rank, status, or quality.
clericnoun	A member of a clergy.
friarnoun	A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).
ecclesiarchnoun	(Christianity) An official of the Eastern Church, equivalent to a sacristan in the Western Church.
prelatenoun	A clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop.
rectornoun	A headmaster or headmistress in various educational institutions, e.g., a university.
provostnoun	One placed in charge: a head, a chief, particularly: