abbotorial

Updated: May 9, 2025

"They are two vast communities," I told him, "which the founder, for some inexplicable whim, united in one domain, of an extent which astonishes the imagination." The Community of Benedictine Nuns is regarded as the first, because of the abbotorial dignity it possesses. The Community of Benedictine Monks is only second, a fact which surprises greatly strangers and visitors.

marquise de Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart Montespan - Memoirs of Madame de Montespan — Complete

"They are two vast communities," I told him, "which the founder, for some inexplicable whim, united in one domain, of an extent which astonishes the imagination." The Community of Benedictine Nuns is regarded as the first, because of the abbotorial dignity it possesses. The Community of Benedictine Monks is only second, a fact which surprises greatly strangers and visitors.

marquise de Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart Montespan - Memoirs of Madame de Montespan — Volume 5

"They are two vast communities," I told him, "which the founder, for some inexplicable whim, united in one domain, of an extent which astonishes the imagination." The Community of Benedictine Nuns is regarded as the first, because of the abbotorial dignity it possesses. The Community of Benedictine Monks is only second, a fact which surprises greatly strangers and visitors.

Various - Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete