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What (who) is ABBESS - definition
FEMALE SUPERIOR OF A COMMUNITY OF NUNS, OFTEN AN ABBEY
AbbesS; Reverend Mother; Mother superior; Äbtissin; Abbotess; Mother Abbess; Mother Superior
![Abbess Joanna van Doorselaer de ten Ryen, Waasmunster [[Roosenberg Abbey]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MONTE ROSARVM van DOORSLAER.jpg?width=200 "Abbess Joanna van Doorselaer de ten Ryen, Waasmunster [[Roosenberg Abbey]].")
![Maria Theresia Isabella of Austria]], a noble abbess with her [[crosier]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maria Theresia Isabella Austria 1816 1867 portrait.jpg?width=200 "Maria Theresia Isabella of Austria]], a noble abbess with her [[crosier]].")
abbess
(abbesses)
An abbess is the nun who is in charge of the other nuns in a convent.
N-COUNT
abbess
['ab?s]
¦ noun a woman who is the head of an abbey of nuns.
Origin
ME: from OFr. abbesse 'female abbot'.
Abbess
·noun 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.
Wikipedia
Abbess
An abbess (Latin: abbatissa), also known as a mother superior, is the female superior of a community of Catholic nuns in an abbey.
Examples of use of ABBESS
1. Shepherd plays Captain Von Trapp, while Lesley Garrett stars as Mother Abbess.
2. Abbess Bernadette Smeyers, Benedictine nun, was born on August 5, 1'03.
3. But none of that can happen if, as seems the case, the Abbess is determined to sell.
4. In 1'87, she retired as abbess, but was happy to the last to join in ordinary activities.
5. The Abbess, who in Benedictine law has total control over what happens within the abbey walls, thinks that the cost of modernising is prohibitive.