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An abbot is the man in charge of a monastery. An abbess is the female monastic equivalent of an abbott. An abbess runs an abbey.
Both would commonly be of the Catholic faith, but there are other churches that have monasteries that may refer the heads of the monastery or abbey by the same term.
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What is the opposite gender of a abbot?
A female abbot is an abbess.
What is the opposite gender for abbot?
The noun for a male is abbot.The noun for a female is abbess.
Is an Abbess by definition an Abbot who is a woman Can an Abbess be a man?
An Abbess is a woman, and an Abbot is a man, just like a Gander is a male goose, or a bull is a male beef cow, Abbess is the female form of the word Abbot, so of course an man cannot be an Abbess, he would be an Abbot. Just like a man cannot be a nun, he would be a monk - same thing, Abbess rules over nuns, Abbot rules over monks.
How do you spell Abbess?
That is the correct spelling of "abbess" (the female version of an abbot).
What is male abbess called?
A male of the same level as an abbess is an abbot
What is the oposite of abbot?
The word abbot does not have an opposite. The word abbess, if that is what you have in mind, is not an antonym of abbot.
What is the female version of an abbot?
an abbess
What is the gender of an abbot?
An abbot is a man. His female counterpart is an abbess.
A monastery is governed by an what?
A monastery is governed by an abbot or an abbess.
What is an abbotess?
An abbotess is an alternative form of abbess, a female abbot.
What is the opposite gender of 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.
What is an abbacy?
An abbacy is the dignity, estate, term or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess.
