abbot of misrule

Misrule \Mis*rule"\, n.
   1. The act, or the result, of misruling.
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   2. Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination.
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            Enormous riot and misrule surveyed.   --Pope.
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   {Abbot of Misrule}, or {Lord of Misrule}. See under {Abbot},
      and {Lord}.
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Abbot \Ab"bot\ ([a^]b"b[u^]t), 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.
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   2. One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.
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   {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.
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