Which preposition to use with abbot

of Occurrences 257%

The Abbot of Aubignac.

in Occurrences 12%

" Ordeal departed, leaving Mrs. Abbot in some such condition as that of the man who had no shadow.

with Occurrences 9%

Not long after his arrival he made an excursion to Ithaca, and, visiting the monastery at Vathi, was received by the abbot with great ceremony, which, in a fit of irritation, brought on by a tiresome ride on a mule, he returned with unusual discourtesy; but next morning, on his giving a donation to their alms-box, he was dismissed with the blessing of the monks.

at Occurrences 8%

Not so much noise, my worthy freres, You'll disturb the Abbot at his prayers.

from Occurrences 4%

Twelve of the great abbeys were now without heads, and the king, justly fearing lest the monks should elect abbots from their own body, "and thus the royal authority should be shaken, and they should follow another guidance than his own," sent orders that on a certain day chosen men should be sent to elect acceptable prelates at his court and in his presence.

for Occurrences 3%

By which means they so enraged the common people that they ran forthwith to weapon and meeting at Swanscombe elected the archbishop and the abbot for their captains.

within Occurrences 1%

It will be remembered that the Abbot of Clunythe only Abbot within the Congregationalone could profess, and in times of war, such as the fourteenth century, this must have been very inconvenient.

as Occurrences 1%

He entered this gloomy retreat, situated amid marshes and morasses, with no outward attractions like Cluny, but unhealthy and miserably poor,the dreariest spot, perhaps, in Burgundy; and he entered at the head of thirty young men, of the noble class, among whom were four of his brothers who had been knights, and who presented themselves to the abbot as novices, bent on the severest austerities that human nature could support.

on Occurrences 1%

Sometimes a troop of damsels glad, An abbot on an ambling pad, Sometimes a curly shepherd-lad, Or long-hair'd page in crimson clad, Goes by to tower'd Camelot; And sometimes thro' the mirror blue

through Occurrences 1%

" "Worn by the thong by which it was attached to the girdle of successive abbots through centuries," he declared.

under Occurrences 1%

Ashes are on my head, and on my lips Sackcloth, and in my breast a heaviness And weariness of life, that makes me ready To say to the dead Abbots under us, "Make room for me!"

among Occurrences 1%

The great lords and abbots among the Anglo-Saxons possessed a criminal jurisdiction within their territories, and could punish without appeal, any thieves or robbers whom they caught there

Which preposition to use with  abbot