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Example sentences for: abbot

How can you use “abbot” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Thirty years later Kukai, the revered founder of esoteric Shingon Buddhism, was appointed head abbot.
In addition to many impressive buildings, Tofukuji offers four remarkable and distinctive Zen gardens located in the hojo (abbot’s quarters).
The Turks demanded their surrender, and when Abbot Gabriel refused, they attacked the monastery.
The forest of 227 stupas at Shaolin covers over 1,000 years of Buddhist funerals, beginning with that of a Tang Dynasty abbot who was buried here in the year 746.
You might still come across both versions, but the official name of the boom town is Sant Antoni Abad (San Antonio in Castilian or Abbot St. Anthony in English).