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Abbot of Misrule
(gcide) | 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 of Misrule
(gcide) | 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.
--Encyc. Brit.
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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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