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Synonyms for abbesses
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ab-is |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈæb ɪs |
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Définition of abbesses
Origin :- c.1300, abbese, from Old French abbesse, from Late Latin abbatissa, fem. of abbas (see abbot). Replaced earlier abbotess.
- As in nun : noun woman in religious order
- As in mother superior : noun head nun
- As in prelate : noun priest
- I have already referred to one of the greatest of these abbesses, Hild of Whitby.
- Extract from : « Early Double Monasteries » by Constance Stoney
- Also, at Beaconsfield, the abbesses took part in the council.
- Extract from : « History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) » by Various
- As such she is incarnate in the abbesses of several monasteries, particularly Samding on lake Yamdok.
- Extract from : « Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3) » by Charles Eliot
- The nearest relatives of mighty sovereigns had dwelt as abbesses within its walls.
- Extract from : « The Story Of My Life From Childhood To Manhood » by Georg Ebers
- Her name is among the five abbesses who signed a charter granting church privileges at a Kentish Witanagemot.
- Extract from : « Early Double Monasteries » by Constance Stoney
- Thus the suppression of religious houses in England put an end to the representation of abbesses.
- Extract from : « The College, the Market, and the Court » by Caroline H. Dall
- King Edgar's charter to the Abbey of Crowland, in 961, was with consent of the nobles and abbesses who signed that charter.
- Extract from : « The College, the Market, and the Court » by Caroline H. Dall
- While they were more amenable to the clergy than were the monks, the abbesses were nevertheless tenacious of their privileges.
- Extract from : « Women of England, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Burleigh James Bartlett
- Abbesses though they might be, they were still the children who had played in their father's garden only a few weeks before.
- Extract from : « The Red Book of Heroes » by Leonora Blanche Lang
- Your abbesses and prioresses have all passed through my hands, and you need have no fear if I visit your virginity.
- Extract from : « The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. III. (of V.) » by Margaret, Queen Of Navarre
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