Abbess Synonyms

ăbĭs
The superior of a group of nuns
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. prioress
  2. mother-superior
  3. goodwife
  4. religieuse
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. conventual

Words Related to Abbess

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Abbess Sentence Examples

  • The special feature of the institute was that the abbess ruled the monks as well as the nuns.

  • And one ran quickly and told the good abbess, or mistress of the abbey, what strange thing had happened.

  • At the request of the abbess he became an inmate of the monastery.

  • She then went to Ely where she also became abbess.

  • In the manor of the abbess of Shaftesbury were 111 houses and 151 burgesses; here 42 houses had been totally destroyed since St Edward's reign.

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