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.
An abbatess is an alternative form for the word abbess, meaning a female superior of a nunnery.
The Abbess was created in 1799.
An abbess is a woman in charge of a group of nuns, or an abbey. An example of a sentence using the word "abbess" is "The sisters looked to their abbess for inspiration. "
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
(An abbess is a female abbot, a nun with authority over an abbey or other church community)The abbess was in charge of the convent and a church school.The young nun disagreed with the abbess but followed the new rules.
An abbess is the nun who is in charge of the other nuns in a convent. The abbess had lived in the nunnery for 50 years.
An abbess is the female monastic equivalent of an abbott. An abbess runs an abbey.
The noun for a male is abbot.The noun for a female is abbess.
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.