Usually means: Heads of monasteries in Christianity.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Abbot)

noun:  The superior or head of an abbey or monastery.
noun:  The pastor or administrator of an order, including minor and major orders starting with the minor order of porter.
noun:  A layman who received the abbey's revenues, after the closing of the monasteries.
noun:  (archaic, British slang) A brothel-owner's husband or lover.
noun:  (archaic, 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.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  A town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States, named after a John Abbot.
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