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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Misrule \Mis*rule"\, n. 1. The act or the result, of misruling 2. Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination. Enormous riot and misrule surveyed. --Pope. {Abbot}, or {Lord}, {of Misrule}. See under {Abbot}, and {Lord}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Abbot \Ab"bot\, n. [AS. abbod abbad, L. abbas, abbatis, Gr 'abba^s, fr Syriac abb[=a] father. Cf {Abba}, {Abb['e]}.] 1. The superior or head of an abbey. 2. One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys. --Encyc. Brit. {Abbot of the people}. a title formerly given to one of the chief magistrates in Genoa. {Abbot of Misrule} (or {Lord of Misrule}), in medi[ae]val times, the master of revels, as at Christmas; in Scotland called the {Abbot of Unreason}. --Encyc. Brit. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: abbot n : the superior of an abbey of monks [syn: {archimandrite}]
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