abbot

Converse of object

• miter: A proud day for her to have a son a mitred abbot; it makes you glad to think they let her in.
• appoint: Here an abbey was established and a prior called Richard was appointed abbot.
• elect: He was elected abbot in 1963, the head of a community of 150 monks.
• become: Born in Britain, he went to Brittany where he became abbot of a monastery he had founded.
• choose: A monk at Montecassino in Italy, he was chosen abbot about the year 830 and was noted for his almsgiving.
• say: The king's corpse was carried to Winchester, and was honorably interred by the said abbot Dunstan, in the Old Monastery.

Converse of subject

• make: The first fine ( for 100 marks ) was made by the abbot of Bury St Edmunds between 30 and 31 January.

Adjective modifier

• cistercian: It is believed that King John established Beaulieu as an act of penance after he dreamt that he was being flogged by Cistercian abbots.
• Benedictine: That undoubtedly reflected his background as a Benedictine abbot, for he regarded the Rule of St Benedict as the rule of his life.
• last: The last abbot of Glastonbury, Richard Whiting, caused these relics to be spirited away, refusing to give them up.
• former: Some graves can be seen in this chamber, as this was the usual place to bury former Abbots of the monastery.
• late: The most famous of these is the " Life " written by a later abbot of Iona, St. Adomnán.
• first: This monk was later made first abbot of Kinloss.

Noun used with modifier

• lord: And then began the lord abbot to sing the Mass of the Holy Innocents.

Possessives

• lodging: Work round the monastery, asking " who would be in the abbot's lodgings " , " who would be in the kitchen?
• house: South east of the east range are the interesting remains of the abbot's house, complete with some fascinating vaulted stonework.
• court: Free tenants, in 1312 excluding those holding in free alms, owed suit twice a year at the abbot's court in Hampstead.
• consent: At age twenty, St Willibrord received his abbot's consent to go to Ireland for more spiritual and intellectual training.

Preposition: of

• monastery: He was also abbot of the monastery at Bedford.

Preposition: for

• year: The fourteenth Abbot of Montecassino in Italy, abbot for eleven years.