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a buht

  • n  the superior of an abbey of monks

  • I asked the abbot, who replied, "Pray.
  • The priestly jury found the abbot and his henchman guilty of illegal relations with women (kept in a house beyond the temple walls); of squandering temple funds (to buy heroin .
  • Only the abbot can read newspapers, or listen to the radio.
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  • Uri Geller in BBC News
    Geller said: "I am fascinated by the connection between the pyramids and these islands. The connection has been known for centuries - you can read about it in a 15th century manuscript called the Scotichronicon by Walter Bower the Abbot of Inchcolm....
  • Martin Schulz in AFP
    If you're the abbot of Scone and the strongest and most ruthless king in Christendom is charging toward you in 1296 to steal Scotland's most sacred object and probably put you and half of your cohorts to death, do you do nothing and wait until he... Alex Salmond http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Salmond&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHdpajvtrQDw4Ndk6JNeoF6W9k2Mg Times Online http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article4138768.ece&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNG8i7kSrW70CFAbidzOPxbIAaeA_g Jun 14, 2008 88 452 abbot Socialists' head, German MEP Martin Schulz, said the new commission team came across like an order of trappists" as "Abbot Jose Manuel has told his novices: 'Don't say anything to avoid making mistakes'."

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