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ABBESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does abbess mean?

• ABBESS (noun)
The noun ABBESS has 1 sense:

1. the superior of a group of nuns

Familiarity information: ABBESS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ABBESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The superior of a group of nuns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

abbess; mother superior; prioress

Hypernyms ("abbess" is a kind of...):

superior (the head of a religious community)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abbess"):

mother (a term of address for a mother superior)

Instance hyponyms:

Bride; Bridget; Brigid; Saint Bride; Saint Bridget; Saint Brigid; St. Bride; St. Bridget; St. Brigid (Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523))

Heloise (student and mistress and wife of Abelard (circa 1098-1164))

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