What Does Abbess Definition?

: a woman who is the superior of a convent of nuns.

What does abbess mean in history?

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), and of certain communities of canonesses. The first historical record of the name is on a Roman inscription dated c. 514. Related Topics: Monasticism Abbot.

How do you use abbess in a sentence?

Abbess sentence example
  1. The special feature of the institute was that the abbess ruled the monks as well as the nuns. ...
  2. "Surely," said the abbess , "this is a poem, most sweet, most true, most beautiful. ...
  3. And one ran quickly and told the good abbess , or mistress of the abbey, what strange thing had happened.
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