abbots

Meaning of abbots

noun
  1. The superior or head of an abbey or monastery.
    The newly appointed abbot decided to take a tour of the abbey with the cardinal's emissary.
  2. The pastor and/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 slang) A brothel-owner's husband or lover.
  5. (British 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.

Information about abbots

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of abbots is: abbot.
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Hyphenation of abbots

ab-bots

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • abbots is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with abbots

bots, cabots, jabots, sabots, grabbots, subabbots, Talbots, talbots, minirobots, nanobots, robots, burbots, turbots

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