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Like an abbot, after being confirmed in her office by the Holy See, an abbess is solemnly admitted to her office by a formal blessing, conferred by the bishop in whose territory the monastery is located, or by an abbot or another bishop with appropriate permission.
The abbess also traditionally adds a pectoral cross to the outside of her habit as a symbol of office, though she continues to wear a modified form of her religious habit or dress, as she is unordained-not a male religious-and so does not vest or use choir dress in the liturgy.
In 1218 Hedwig's daughter Gertrude became abbess of Trzebnica, the first of many Piast princesses to hold this office.

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He is not one to remain more comfortably and unquestioningly within a body of social, cultural, or literary traditions than he was within the traditions -- or possibly the regulations -- governing his tenure in the post office at Oxford, Mississippi, thirty-five years ago.
The average Democratic politician, especially in the country districts, is hungry for the spoils of office.
After Quiney was elected bailiff in September, 1601, without Greville's approval, Greene wrote him that Coke had promised to be of counsel for Stratford and had advised `` that the office of bayly may be exercised as it is taken upon you, ( Sr. Edwardes his consent not beinge hadd to the swearinge of you ) ''.
Had Churchill been returned to office in 1945, it is just possible that Britain, instead of standing fearfully aloof, would have led Europe toward union.
It is kept in each Regional office for the small firms within the region.
Then, too, the utmost clinical flexibility is necessary in judiciously combining carefully timed family-oriented home visits, single and group office interviews, and appropriate telephone follow-up calls, if the worker is to be genuinely accessible and if the predicted unhealthy outcome is to be actually averted in accordance with the principles of preventive intervention.
Thus a man who is butting a stone wall at the office may become unusually aggressive in bed -- the one place he can still be champion.
The Jewish working girl almost invariably works in an office -- in contradistinction to gentile factory workers -- and, buttressed by a respectable income, she is likely to dress better and live more expansively than the college student.
One of the hardest chores a detective has is hanging around on a city street, trying to make himself inconspicuous, keeping an eye on the entrance of an office building and waiting.
`` My experience as public safety commissioner '', Roos said, `` has shown me that the office of sheriff is best filled by a man with law enforcement experience, and preferably one who is a lawyer.
Consequently, it is uncertain after nearly 12 months in office just which direction the Barnett administration will take in the coming year.
Her day starts early, but no matter how many pressing letters there are to be written ( and during May, which is National Salvation Army Week, there are plenty ), schedules to be made or problems to be solved, Mrs. Marr's office is always open and the welcome mat is out.
`` This is Russian money '', said Mervin Griffith-Jones for the attorney general's office.
A publicity release from Oregon Physicians Service, of which Harvey is president, quoted him as saying the welfare office move to Salem, instead of `` crippling '' the agency, had provided an avenue to correct administrative weaknesses, with the key being improved communications between F & A and the commission staff.
The next morning he summoned a group of top Democrats to his private office and broke the news: he would lead the fight to oust Colmer, whom he is said to regard as `` an inferior man ''.
From his birch-paneled office in the Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene, under the university's football stadium in Minneapolis ( `` We get a rumble on every touchdown '' ), blocky, grey-haired Dr. Keys directs an ambitious, $200,000-a-year experiment on diet, which spans three continents and seven nations and is still growing.
The oath of allegiance is an oath of fidelity to the sovereign taken by all persons holding important public office and as a condition of naturalization.
* 1945 – U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies while in office ; vice-president Harry Truman is sworn in as the 33rd President.
The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery.
The ceremony of such a blessing is similar in some aspects to the consecration of a bishop, with the new abbot being presented with the mitre, the ring, and the crosier as symbols of office and receiving the laying on of hands and blessing from the celebrant.

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He spent considerable time in Dallas, at the campaign's local headquarters on Lemmon Avenue, where he had an office.
Coolidge restored public confidence in the White House after the scandals of his predecessor's administration, and left office with considerable popularity.
Saving Private Ryan was well received by audiences and garnered considerable critical acclaim, winning several awards for film, cast, and crew as well as earning significant returns at the box office.
However, the considerable box office success of Enzo Barboni's They Call Me Trinity and the pyramidal one of its follow-up Trinity Is Still My Name gave the Italian filmmakers a new model to emulate.
Unlike in some Westminster system parliaments, in which the office of speaker is considered to be non-partisan, in the United States the speakership of the House is a leadership position in the majority party and the office-holder actively works to set that party's legislative agenda ; the office is therefore endowed with considerable political power.
They also have considerable budgets managed by a regional council ( conseil régional ) made up of representatives voted into office in regional elections.
The Avalanche's success came amid considerable turmoil in the front office.
There has been considerable development of office parks along E18, especially around Lysaker in the last 20 – 30 years, reducing some of the pressure on downtown areas of Oslo.
As the growth of Baltimore's suburbs became more pronounced after World War II, considerable office development took place in Towson's central core area.
The most obvious changes are that the accelerator and attendant shielding are gone, along with the farmhouse and quonset huts ; the high-bay area has been converted to three levels of office and laboratory space ; and there has been considerable new construction, so that the original lab building is now but a fraction of the total facility.
After Kim achieved the presidency and moved into the Blue House, there was uncertainty and considerable speculation about how he would handle the office.
" Hartley also states, Constables “ are not expected to devote a considerable portion of their time to the work of their office or to quit his ordinary occupation to act as a detective and search for offenders.
Shortly afterward Dr. Thomas Hill resigned the presidency, and after a considerable interregnum Mr. Eliot succeeded to that office in 1869.
On the accession of Henry VIII in 1509, he was appointed the king's physician, an office at that time of considerable influence and importance, and practised medicine in London, having among his patients most of the great statesmen and prelates of the time, including Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop William Warham and Bishop Fox.
New Orleans East, though far from fully developed, had by that time arrived at a place of considerable, visible affluence relative to the metropolitan area, with upscale, multi-million dollar residential and commercial developments debuting alongside new office buildings and modern business parks.
Germany's presidency is a largely ceremonial office, but is also invested with considerable moral authority.
When Dr Jameson assumed office he found an empty treasury, and considerable temporary loans had to be raised.
The words " as he is now by Law enabled ", however, caused considerable doubt, as it was unclear if Roman Catholics were disqualified from holding the office in the first place.
In his final year in office, there was considerable speculation in the press that Minton would be named to higher office by Roosevelt, including cabinet positions and the Supreme Court, but the speculations did not prove true.
Rotary's office in Illinois immediately began encouraging the Rotary Club of Shanghai to recruit Chinese members, “ believing that when a considerable number of the native
It is intended to provide information to those who need considerable lead time to prepare for the event, along with a call for action for trained weather spotters to be prepared to report their local weather conditions and / or damage reports back to the local NWS office.
Moore gained considerable reputation for leadership by suppressing a slave revolt during his first year in office.

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