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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesabbé
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /a.be/
"L'abbé a dirigé la prière du soir au monastère."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A man who is the head of an abbey of monks.
"The abbot welcomed the weary travelers into the monastery for the night." - 2
A title given to the superior of certain other ecclesiastical bodies.
"He was elected as the abbot to oversee the spiritual and administrative duties of the community."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Latin abbas, which comes from the Aramaic abbā meaning 'father'. It entered Old English via Church Latin in the early medieval period, historically designating the spiritual father and absolute head of a monastery.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Abbot" is said worldwide
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abbé
Transliteration: /a.be/
"L'abbé a dirigé la prière du soir au monastère."
Abt
Transliteration: /apt/
"Der Abt leitete die Versammlung der Mönche."
abate
Transliteration: /aˈba.te/
"L'abate ha benedetto i pellegrini in visita."
abad
Transliteration: /aˈβad/
"El abad firmó el documento histórico del convento."
abade
Transliteration: /aˈba.di/
"O abade supervisionou a restauração da antiga abadia."
मठाधीश
Transliteration: maṭhādhīśa
"मठाधीश ने मठ के सभी भिक्षुओं को आशीर्वाद दिया।"
修道院院长
Transliteration: xiūdàoyuàn yuànzhǎng
"修道院院长负责管理修道院的日常事务。"
수도원장
Transliteration: sudowonjang
"수도원장은 매일 아침기도를 인도했습니다."
修道院長
Transliteration: shūdōinchō
"修道院長は厳格な規律を重んじていました。"
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