Examples of abbot in a Sentence
Abigail Lee, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
Phra Kru Adisal Kijjanuwat, abbot of the Rat Samakee temple, around 3 kilometers (2 miles) from the scene of the bloodshed, said 19 victims will be cremated in a group ceremony on Tuesday, bringing an end to a three-day mourning ceremony for the families.
—Tassanee Vejpongsa, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2022
Later, medieval monks elevated the sacred over the profane; one European abbot wrote his English dictionary in descending order, beginning with angels, the sun and moon, and the Earth and the sea and concluding with weapons, metals and gems, per the Times’ Dan Jones.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2020
The government also has sanctioned the Lavra's abbot for alleged pro-Moscow activities.
—Hanna Arhirova, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2023
The abbot of the revered Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery, Mr. Lebid is a senior figure in one of Ukraine’s major Orthodox churches, a branch connected to the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow whose leader has spoken out strongly in favor of President Vladimir V. Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine.
—Yurii Shyvala, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2023
The abbot himself, Ms. Daston argues, was to serve as a paradigm of the holy life that the Rule commanded the monks to lead.
—Timothy Farrington, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2022
John Westwyk’s home base at St. Alban’s was particularly notable in this regard, thanks in part to the abbot Richard of Wallingford, whose large list of scientific contributions included the invention of a remarkable mechanical clock in the early 1300’s.
—Chad Orzel, Forbes, 12 May 2021
Upon his arrival, the abbot commissioned Arabic scholars to translate all the major Islamic texts, including the Qur’an, into Latin.
—Fred Bahnson, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022
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Word History
Middle English abbot, abbod, going back to Old English, borrowed from Late Latin abbāt-, abbās, borrowed from Late Greek abbâs (also, a title of respect given to monks), borrowed from Aramaic abbā "father"
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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