Sentence example with the word 'abbots'

abbots

Last update: September 11, 2015


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Successful feuds with the bishops of Strassburg and Basel further augmented his wealth and his reputation; rights over various tracts of land were purchased from abbots and others; and he was also the possessor of large estates in the regions now known as Switzerland and Alsace.   [Please select]

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He likewise gave all the highest positions in the Church to Norman bishops and abbots.   [Please select]

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The higher clergy--bishops and abbots--met with the House of Lords.   [Please select]

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All bishops and abbots had the charge of political interests.   [Please select]

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That is my hope, for he was a Fountain of Wisdom--wiser than many abbots.   [Please select]

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[Footnote: The abbots of abbeys _en commende_ were appointed by the king.   [Please select]

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It was by his suggestion that abbots were deposed, and bishops punished, and monarchs reprimanded.   [Please select]

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