: a woman who is the superior of a convent of nuns.
How do you use abbess in a sentence?
Abbess sentence example
- The special feature of the institute was that the abbess ruled the monks as well as the nuns. ...
- "Surely," said the abbess , "this is a poem, most sweet, most true, most beautiful. ...
- And one ran quickly and told the good abbess , or mistress of the abbey, what strange thing had happened.
What do you call an abbess?
—-An abbess, or mother superior, is a nun who is the head of a convent. The related office is an abbot which is the masculine title for the head of a monastery or abbey.
