Female. A monk is the male version.
An abbess is a female superior or leader of a convent or female religious community.
A female abbot is an abbess.
The noun for a male is abbot.The noun for a female is abbess.
An abbot is a man. His female counterpart is an abbess.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.The noun for a male is abbot.The noun for a female is abbess.
An abbess is a female head of an abbey of nuns. The title for a male holding this position is abbot, though an abbot would run a monastery for men instead of an abbey for nuns.
which kind of monastery? the leader in a Catholic monastery is an Abbot. you'd have to do some more research to find out what the highest rank monk in a Buddhist monastery is named.
The Abbess was created in 1799.
The abbess led the nuns in their daily prayers at the convent.
The Abbess has 264 pages.
the abbess asked to close the convent for 3 days.
That is the correct spelling of "abbess" (the female version of an abbot).
A male of the same level as an abbess is an abbot