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
St Beuno, a seventh century abbot, was said to be so grateful to a curlew for rescuing his prayer book after it fell into the sea that he asked for all curlews to be protected.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2024
The abbot told him to begin every morning by performing exactly 108 bows, a meditation exercise in Korean Buddhism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2024
William says, "I don't think my abbot would have sent a Bible to be burned."
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
Bishoprics and monasteries behaved the same way; abbots and abbesses could be lords who were owed service and also owed service to greater lords.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
The number of temples has tripled, monks and abbots have become well-known public figures, and China has used the faith to build ties around the world, sending nuns and monks on goodwill missions.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2018
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
Among the 10,000 killed were King James IV, 12 earls, 13 barons, five heirs to titles, three bishops and two abbots.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2013
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 Pennell, Elizabeth Robins
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