| Much of this had been granted in the form of hereditary manorial estates to aristocratic families or important monasteries. |
| When monasteries die out, the patriarch sells the property cheaply to pay his bills. |
| Ever since the Concordat of 1516 between Francis I and Pope Leo X the king had appointed all bishops and the abbots of greater monasteries. |
| A staff is also granted to archimandrites and abbots, as they are the heads of monasteries. |
| Today, ashrams and monasteries of various Hindu sects keep the traditions of classical learning alive. |
| In addition, the land which the monasteries owned in the name of the Church, led bishops and abbots to have distinct political power as well. |
