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Webster 1913 Edition

Abbess

Ab′bess

(ăb′bĕs)
,
Noun.
[OF.
abaesse
,
abeesse
, F.
abbesse
, L.
abbatissa
, fem. of
abbas
,
abbatis
, abbot. See
Abbot
.]
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Abbess

AB'BESS

,
Noun.
[from abba.]
A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the Monks. [See Abbey.]

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