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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Abbess

/(ăb"bĕs)/ · Ab·bess · IPA /ˈæb.ɪs/
01 n. 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 mon…
  1. 1.
    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. See: Abbey