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abbess example sentences
abbess
1. only at the Abbess’s discretion
2. ‘There's no point playing with words, Abbess
3. ‘What about the town Bailli?’ suggested the Abbess
4. ‘I think not, Abbess,’ said the Bishop shortly
5. The Abbess was more sensitive, but just
6. for a living,’ said the Abbess
7. nun and Abbess seemed relatively unaffected by this
8. ‘As you well know,’ said the Abbess protectively, ‘the
9. Before the Abbess could respond, the
10. Finally the Abbess found
11. ‘And who will clean Saint Bonnet’s?’ said the Abbess,
12. in for her while she’s away, Abbess,’ said the Bishop
13. There was no arguing with such logic, and the Abbess
14. was relieved, the Cure grateful, and the Abbess resigned
15. nothing to what the Abbess will do to me!’ Suddenly a
16. Certainly she missed the Abbess
17. I am worried, not only by the thought of my own soul, but, what is still more difficult and important, by the thought of the many frail souls entrusted to my authority as Abbess; all these girls and women whom I serve now, and for whom, one awful and glorious day, I shall be called to make account before the blazing throne of Christ; to account not only for my many and obvious failings, but also temptations and doubts hidden in my heart, known to God alone
18. Since my election as Abbess, I have struggled to be neither lenient nor harsh in my punishments, following as closely as possible to The Rule of Benedict, with necessary modifications for our circumstances here
19. " Or, I remind them of Saint Uncumber, who miraculously grew a beard on her wedding-day, to defend her virginity; or Saint Agatha, who sacrificed her beauty by cutting off her own nose with a knife, to deter a lustful kidnapper; or the Abbess Hilda, who wildly loved expensive gems as a youth, before her call to the cloister -- in particular, a red ruby on a short neck-chain -- and how, many decades later, when Abbess Hilda was old, a tumour grew inside her throat, and upon it being removed from her body by a surgical physician, it was the exact size and shape and colour of that ruby!
20. As Benedict wrote: "Nuns who are respectful and remorseful, let them be corrected at the first and second offence only with words; but let the Abbess chastise Nuns who are wicked and disobedient at the very first offence with whips and other bodily punishments, knowing it is written in Scripture: 'Fools are not corrected with words' and 'Hit your son with a rod, to deliver his soul from death'
21. With mockery, she says, "Sooner or later, Abbess Tetta, you will have to let me go
22. To my reverend handmaid of Christ, the Abbess Tetta, in the bond of spiritual love, and with a holy and chaste kiss of affection:
23. My friend, I think of your love with such sweet memories, tender Abbess, that I long for the time -- even if it should be as I breathe my last -- when I may be able to caress your innocence with my affection
24. BISHOP HIGBOLD: We wish to hear about Abbess Tetta
25. Lindisfarne might soon get a new Abbess, one more understanding
26. I am here only to help you, and to help Abbess Tetta
27. I left a sufficient amount of olive oil with your Abbess, and then, a few weeks later, when the supply ship came into port at last, I returned all of the oil I had borrowed
28. I am not Abbess Tetta's enemy, nor yours
29. I am sure that you have read Saint Benedict: "An Abbess should show her flock of Nuns what is holy by her deeds more than by her words; she should explain the commandments of God to intelligent Nuns by words, but to simple Nuns by actions
30. " That is why we have been commanded by His Holiness to learn about the actions of Abbess Tetta
31. BISHOP HIGBOLD: What should we know about Abbess Tetta?
32. Every day, Abbess Tetta rests in her office between afternoon Mass and dinner
33. But if a mistake is made in the reading, Abbess Tetta's eyes will open and she will correct the Nun
34. BISHOP HIGBOLD: I too have heard about Abbess Tetta's gift
35. Abbess Tetta just closed her eyes and stared straight ahead
36. The authorities are consistent that the nine months that He spent inside Mary's womb are part of the Christian Age -- how could they not be? -- but Abbess Tetta refused to admit any error
37. If Abbess Tetta has other sins, they are hidden
38. We will tell Abbess Tetta to keep you locked in the miserium until we return for next year's interviews
39. The strongest proof that these invaders were devils, not men, consists of their reaction to my facial sacrifice: any man of flesh and blood -- no matter how callous and hard-hearted -- would, on seeing an aged Abbess cut off her nose in defence of her honour, surely feel some degree of pity, perhaps even regret; but these monsters laughed
40. into the void and it rattled away into the abbess beyond,
41. century of the abbess stormy weather transformations leverage recently vacated
42. This was the Abbess of the monastery
43. This can be done with the permission of the Abbot or Abbess or one’s spiritual director
44. Statue 92: Our Salesian heritage provides us with the opportunity of taking a private vow of charity with the consent of the Abbot/Abbess and one's spiritual director
45. (Doña Ines and the abbess
46. (The abbess and the doorkeeper
47. Mother Abbess, forgive me
48. Oh! Abbess, while you
49. They all offered their services to Eugenio but he who showed himself most liberal in this way was Don Quixote, who said to him, "Most assuredly, brother goatherd, if I found myself in a position to attempt any adventure, I would, this very instant, set out on your behalf, and would rescue Leandra from that convent (where no doubt she is kept against her will), in spite of the abbess and all who might try to prevent me, and would place her in your hands to deal with her according to your will and pleasure, observing, however, the laws of chivalry which lay down that no violence of any kind is to be offered to any damsel
50. Claudia told him she meant to go to a monastery of which an aunt of hers was abbess, where she intended to pass her life with a better and everlasting spouse