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abbot::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | archimandrite |
| Type of | superior |
| Has types | abbe |
| Derivation | abbatial |
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Gendun Gyatso was also Sonam Gyatso's predecessor as abbot of Drepung monastery.
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Then Dutton falsely accused the abbot and Brereton of issuing counterfeit coins.
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The old abbot, Colman, left Lindifarne to go back to Iona with 30 English monks.
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His reputation spread during the twenty-five years in which he served as abbot.
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Saint John Cassian speaks of an abbot of the Thebaid who had 500 monks under him.
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He eventually became a renowned Buddhist abbot at the Temple of Mount Jingshan.
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Their chief is a general of an army, not the mere father abbot of a monastery.
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Abbot, who lives in the Denver area, is also the editor of website AccessRock.com.
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Abbot felt that neither man was impartial, and that Bilson bore him an old grudge.
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- The superior of an abbey of monks
- The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery. The female equivalent is Abbess.
- This is a list of characters in the Artemis Fowl novel series by Eoin Colfer.
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- Abbot is a Java GUI Test Framework. It helps test Java user interfaces (UIs). It consists of Abbot, which lets you programmatically drive UI components, and Costello (built on Abbot) which allows you to easily launch, explore and control an application. ...
- * Abiel Abbot (1770-1828), an American pastor * Bec Abbot, a Canadian singer * Benjamin Abbot (1788-1849), an American schoolteacher * Charles Greeley Abbot (1872-1973), an American astrophysicist, astronomer and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institutionn* Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester ( ...
- The Abbot (1820) is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott. A sequel to The Monastery, it is one of Scott's Tales from Benedictine Sources and is set in the time of Mary, Queen of Scots. ...
- (from Aram. abba, father; Gr. Hegoumenos, Sl. Nastoyatel). The head of a monastic community or monastery, appointed by a bishop or elected by the members of the community. ...
