Abbot /(ăb"bŭt)/

Ab·bot

Abbot

n.
  1. The superior or head of an abbey.
  2. One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.

Phrases & Compounds
Abbot of the people
a title formerly given to one of the chief magistrates in Genoa.
Abbot of Misrule
in mediæval times, the master of revels, as at Christmas; in Scotland called the Abbot of Unreason.