Assertion: abbey's abbot | /r/HasProperty | responsible
Facets:
value: directly
type: MANNER
value: to the king
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: The abbot was given the right to wear a ring and a mitre, and a seat on the King’s Council, and the abbey was exempted from the jurisdiction of the bishop, the abbot being responsible directly to the king (this status as a Royal Peculiar was enjoyed by Waltham until 1865, when most of the Royal Peculiars were abolished).