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An '''abbot''' is the leader of monastery (also called an "[[abbey]]") and its community of monks. The term may also be applied to the presiding officer of a religious order whose members do not live in community but who do take monastic vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience to a rule of life.

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An '''abbot''' is the leader of a monastery (also called an "[[abbey]]") and its community of monks. The term may also be applied to the presiding officer of a religious order whose members do not live in community but who do take monastic vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience to a rule of life.

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Monasteries preserved knowledge and important manuscripts, such as the ''[[Codex Sinaiticus]]'', which would have otherwise been lost during the [[Dark Ages]].

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