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
When the abbot began taking questions, Seong-hun raised his hand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2024
The abbot brooded on that for a moment, and then said, “Fine. If they try to take your underwear—though God knows why they would—you can fight back.”
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
“Not many abbots built castles as well as monasteries.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 22, 2022
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
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
A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
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