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Word: Abbess
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French abbesse ‘female abbot’, from ecclesiastical Latin abbatissa, from abbas, abbat- (see abbot)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
aˈbɛs
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈabɪs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a woman who is the head of an abbey of nuns
Short Definition:woman who is head of abbey of nuns
Examples:- she's the abbess of the Abbey, the Mother Superior to twenty-three nuns
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