1) Amma 2) Big sister 3) Clergywoman 4) Cloister head 5) Cloister leader 6) Cloister ruler 7) Cloistered head 8) Convent head 9) Convent kingpin 10) Convent leader 11) Convent overseer 12) Convent superior 13) Convent VIP 14) Conventual superior 15) Ecclesiastical title 16) French word used in English
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An abbess (Latin abbatissa, feminine form of abbas, abbot) is the female superior of a community of nuns, often an abbey. In the Catholic Church (both the Latin Church and Eastern Catholic), Eastern Orthodox, Coptic and Anglican abbeys, the mode of election, position, rights, and authority of an abbess correspond generally with those of an abbot. ...
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• (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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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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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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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 convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns...
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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 secular privileges of the position, such as membership...
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Abbess was 16th to 19th century slang for the mistress of a brothel.
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n] - the superior of a group of nuns
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mother superior noun the superior of a group of nuns
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a woman who is the superior of a convent of nuns.
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