abbot
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"People are facing many economic hardships," said the abbot, U Thudassa.
From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026
“I am looking forward to the silence finally stopping, because 54 years of silence is a long time,” said Bishop Kassianos of Aravissos, the abbot of the seminary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025
But she goes over the head of her adversarial abbot, Cuno, and convinces the Pope that her visions are the voice of God.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025
Caldey Abbey commissioned the report, and its new abbot apologised for the pain and suffering caused.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2024
There’s a ship leaving the harbor, its whistle resigned as an abbot in prayer, fracturing the dusk.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
“Not many abbots built castles as well as monasteries.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 22, 2022
There are also temples which have attracted large and dedicated followings, through skilful promotion of charismatic monks and abbots, said to have supernatural powers.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2017
Splattered across the lands of central Europe are countless territories overseen by an emperor who shared power with a hierarchy spanning princes, bishops and dukes, down to abbots, knights and city councils.
From Economist ● Apr. 14, 2016
It also provides name checks for the successive abbots who oversaw the commission: Jerome and Benedetto.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2015
She is as unwilling to turn the stranger from her door as were the abbots of St. Columba's monastery.
From Our Journey to the Hebrides by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
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