Look up: abbess

1. Abbess
   Abbess was 16th to 19th century slang for the mistress of a brothel.
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2. abbess
   [n] - the superior of a group of nuns
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3. abbess
   Female superior of a nunnery (usually Benedictine) which has canonical status as an abbey. She is usually elected by the sisters subject to the approval of the bishop. In the Rom ...
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4. Abbess
   Ab'bess (ăb'bĕs) noun [ Old French abaesse , abeesse , French abbesse , Latin abbatissa , fem. of abbas , abbatis , abbot. See Abbot .] A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or conven...
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5. abbess
   mother superior noun the superior of a group of nuns
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6. Abbess
   • (n.) A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See Abbey.
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7. abbess
   the title of a superior of certain communities of nuns following the Benedictine Rule, of convents of the Second Order of St. Francis (Poor Clares), ...
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8. Abbess
   Abbess was 16th to 19th century slang for the mistress of a brothel.
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9. Abbess
   An Abbess is the female superior of a community of nuns in certain religious orders. An abbess has administrative jurisdiction equivalent to that of the abbot of a monastery but does not exercise the rights and duties of the priesthood. The title dates from the 6th century. Most of the original secu...
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10. Abbess
    An `abbess` (Latin abbatissa, feminine form of abbas, abbot) is the female superior, or `mother superior`, of an abbey of nuns. In the Catholic Church (both the Latin Rite and Eastern Catholic), Eastern Orthodox, Coptic and 1911--> Like an abbot, an abbess is solemnly admitted to her o...
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