abbot
religious title, superior of a community of mons, often an abbey
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Summary
abbot is an ecclesiastical occupation[1]. abbot ranks in the top 6% of ecclesiastical occupation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,471 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Official residence: abbot's palace[3]
- Subclass of: monk[4], superior[5], ordinary[6]
- Commons category: Abbots[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Abbots[8]
- Described by source: The Catholic Encyclopedia[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia[12], Encyclopedic Lexicon[13], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[15], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16], Full Orthodox theological dictionary[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20], Dictionnaire de théologie catholique[21], The Encyclopedia Americana[22]
- Has characteristic: male[23]
- Different from: L'Abbé[24], superior[25]
- Organization directed by the office or position: abbey[26]
- Female form of label: abbesse[27], abbess[28], abdis[29], Äbtissin[30], ريسة الدير[31], abatyše[32], abatino[33], abadino[34], abadessa[35], abadesa[36], аббатесса[37], אם מנזר[38], абатка[39], badessa[40]
- Male form of label: abadulo[41], аббат[42], Abt[43], abad[44], abat[45], abá[46], abatas[47]
Why It Matters
abbot has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] abbot is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]