abbot
/ˈæbət/noun
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मठाधीश
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SSC Exams before 2018
noun
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[C]
a man who is the head of a monastery or an abbey
मठाधीश
- The abbot welcomed the visitors.
- The abbot of the monastery blessed the pilgrims who climbed the hill.
- The abbot gave a short talk to the young monks.
+ 2 more examples
- Pilgrims waited to meet the abbot after the evening prayer.
- The old abbot had led the monastery for forty years.
◇Word family
abbey noun
AaSpelling
ab·bot
§Grammar and usage
Gender pair, asked often: abbot (male head of a monastery) and abbess (female head of a convent).
लिंग जोड़ी अक्सर पूछी जाती है: abbot (मठ का पुरुष प्रमुख) और abbess (कॉन्वेंट की स्त्री प्रमुख)।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A building where monks live is a monastery or abbey; nuns a convent or nunnery; a Buddhist monastery a vihara; a Hindu religious centre a math or ashram; its head a mahant or math-adhipati.
भिक्षुओं के रहने का भवन monastery या abbey; भिक्षुणियों का convent या nunnery; बौद्ध मठ vihara; हिंदू धार्मिक केंद्र मठ या आश्रम; उसका प्रमुख महंत या मठाधिपति।