Who's the leader of a monastery?

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2007-02-26 11:07:05 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History

(Christian monastery)

2007-03-01 10:49:53 · update #1

Catholic monasteries are led by an Abbot. A convent, similar to a monastary, except it has nuns not monks, is led typically by a mother superior.

2007-02-26 11:26:13 · answer #1 · answered by 29 characters to work with...... 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

There are too many different types of "monastery" to answer this. Buddhist, Catholic, Orthodox. Shinto?

2007-02-26 19:15:10 · answer #2 · answered by king_of_new_england 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Abbot.

2007-02-26 19:10:35 · answer #3 · answered by Joseph F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋