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King Sverre of Norway personally provided information to the writer, Icelandic abbot Karl Jónsson, and instructed him on the details of the saga, Brink added.
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Hannah Peart, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
The abbot told him to begin every morning by performing exactly 108 bows, a meditation exercise in Korean Buddhism.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
In the 12th century, the abbots of Crowland constructed a hall and chapel complex at the site, which were also uncovered during the recent digs.
—Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
The finances of the monasteries are opaque, and little supervision was introduced even after an abbot with ties to Russian oligarchs was jailed in Greece for embezzlement and fraud in 2011 over a lucrative land deal.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
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Hannah Peart, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
The abbot told him to begin every morning by performing exactly 108 bows, a meditation exercise in Korean Buddhism.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
In the 12th century, the abbots of Crowland constructed a hall and chapel complex at the site, which were also uncovered during the recent digs.
—Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
The finances of the monasteries are opaque, and little supervision was introduced even after an abbot with ties to Russian oligarchs was jailed in Greece for embezzlement and fraud in 2011 over a lucrative land deal.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
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“Abbot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abbot. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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abbot
noun
ab·bot
ˈab-ət 
: the head of a monastery for men
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