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Abbot

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

They were prelates in the 13th century who had had an Immemorial right to sit in the national assembly. Taylor, Science of Jurispr. 287.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The spiritual superior or governor of an abbey or monastery. Feminine, Abbess.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

The spiritual superior or governor of an abbey or monastery. Feminine, Abbess,