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Abbot of Unreason

The Scottish name for one who took the principal part in Christmas revelries before the Reformation. The character is better known as the Lord of Misrule (q.v.). In Scotland he was suppressed by Act of Parliament in 1555. See W. C. Hazlitt.

citations: Encyc. of Rel., Canney

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