abbot
英 ['æbət]
美 ['æbət]
語源
ギリシャ語のabbasから、アラム語のabba（アッバ、司祭）に由来し、これは明らかに擬音語である。修道院はカトリック教会の司祭を養成するための大学であり、この語は修道院の男性修道院長、すなわち、abbess（アベス）とは対照的に、男性の修道院長を表すことになる。類義語：アッバ（司祭）、アビー（修道院）、アベス（修道院長）。
英語の語源
- abbot
- abbot: [OE] Abbot comes ultimately from abbā, a Syriac word meaning ‘father’ (which itself achieved some currency in English, particularly in reminiscence of its biblical use: ‘And he said, Abba, father, all things are possible unto thee’, Mark 14:36). This came into Greek as abbás, and thence, via the Latin accusative abbatem, into Old English as abbud or abbod.
The French term abbé (which is much less specific in meaning than English abbot) comes from the same source. In much the same way as father is used in modern English for priests, abba was widely current in the East for referring to monks, and hence its eventual application to the head of a monastery. A derivative of Latin abbatem was abbatia, which has given English both abbacy [15] and (via Old French abbeie) abbey [13]. Abbess is of similar antiquity (Latin had abbatissa).
=> abbess, abbey - abbot (n.)
- Old English abbod "abbot," from Latin abbatem (nominative abbas), from Greek abbas, from Aramaic abba, title of honor, literally "the father, my father," emphatic state of abh "father." The Latin fem. abbatissa is root of abbess.
例文
- 1. I wonder if I might have a word with Mr Abbot ？
- アボットさんと少し話してもいいですか。
- 2. Abbot looked blank."I don 't quite follow，sir."
- アボットは呆然とした顔をしていた。「わかりませんでした、先生。」
- 3.All the priories were made directly subject to the abbot of Cluny.
- すべての小さな修道院はクルニーの院長によって直接管理されている。
- 4.We will play a trick on the old abbot .
- 古い修道院長に冗談を言います。
- 5.The good Abbot of Holywood is a strong pillar to the weak.
- 「聖林」修道院の主宰は弱者の万全の後ろ盾である。
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