English vocabulary examples in context: abbot
Vocabulary in context: abbot -- Example 1.
Remember that Sanchico is now full fifteen, and it is right he should go to school, if his uncle the abbot has a mind to have him trained for the Church.
Vocabulary in context: abbot -- Example 2.
Well, I swear by all that's good if they put another patient into my hands, they'll have to grease them for me before I cure him; for, as they say, 'it's by his singing the abbot gets his dinner,' and I'm not going to believe that heaven has bestowed upon me the virtue I have, that I should be dealing it out to others all for nothing.'
Vocabulary in context: abbot -- Example 3.
All these old abbots and bishops used to write most beautifully, with such taste and so much care and diligence.
Vocabulary in context: abbot -- Example 4.
I don't remember who the abbot was, but I remember at one time everybody was talking about it,' remarked the old dignitary.
Vocabulary in context: abbot -- Example 5.
However, of course you value the memory of the deceased so very highly; and he certainly was the kindest of men; to which fact, by the way, I ascribe, more than to anything else, the success of the abbot in influencing his religious convictions.
Vocabulary in context: abbot -- Example 6.
He began at Citeaux, to end in Clairvaux; he was ordained abbot by the bishop of Chalon-sur-Saone, Guillaume de Champeaux; he had seven hundred novices, and founded a hundred and sixty monasteries.
Vocabulary in context: abbot -- Example 7.
The abbot of one monastery, on hearing of their approach, sent two monks to say that they were not behaving as they should; that there was an agreement between the Zaporozhtzi and the government; that they were breaking faith with the king, and violating all international rights.
