English

Noun

abbot on the cross ‎(plural abbots on the cross)

1. (archaic, British slang) Synonym of croziered abbot

References

• Barrère, Albert; Leland, Charles Godfrey (1889) A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant, volume 1, page 3
• Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues, volume 1, page 4