All 4 Uses of
abbot
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- Charms and invocations of the most blessed abbot Peter Salanka to all true believers divulged.†
Chpt 10 *
- As good as any other abbot's charms, as mumbling Joachim's.†
Chpt 10
- And at the sound of the sacring bell, headed by a crucifer with acolytes, thurifers, boatbearers, readers, ostiarii, deacons and subdeacons, the blessed company drew nigh of mitred abbots and priors and guardians and monks and friars: the monks of Benedict of Spoleto, Carthusians and Camaldolesi, Cistercians and Olivetans, Oratorians and Vallombrosans, and the friars of Augustine, Brigittines, Premonstratensians, Servi, Trinitarians, and the children of Peter Nolasco: and therewith from Carmel mount the children of Elijah prophe†
Chpt 12abbots = people in charge of groups of monks
- (He clutches her veil) A holy abbot you want or Brophy, the lame gardener, or the spoutless statue of the watercarrier, or good mother Alphonsus, eh Reynard†
Chpt 15
Definition:
a person in charge of a group of monks