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ABBESS

\ˈabɛs], \ˈabɛs], \ˈa_b_ɛ_s]\

Definitions of ABBESS

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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the superior of a group of nuns

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

the superior of a group of nuns

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

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.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

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.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

The superior of a religious community of women.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Female head of a convent of nuns.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

The lady superior of a nunnery.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

The lady superior of a nunnery.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

A lady placed over a nunnery. Among persons living secluded from the world in religious houses, the males are called monks, and the females nuns. The residence of a monk is called a monastery, and that of a man a nunnery.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

n. The governess of nunnery.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

The superior of a nunnery.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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