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Definition of abbess in English: abbessnoun ˈabɛsˈæbəs A woman who is the head of an abbey of nuns. 女修道院院长 Example sentencesExamples - I have given my word to the abbess and I pledge the same to you, that she will be generously cared for.
- And when it came to details, he was known to be worse than a fussy abbess running a nunnery.
- This extract from Hildegard of Bingen, an abbess, is from a book of ecstatic visions.
- She arrived at the doors of the convent while the abbess was praying in front of the church's crucifix.
- Particularly in Germany, where Hildegard lived, being an abbess was a very commanding position.
- She was an orthodox theologian, a reformer, a builder, a dramatist, a musician, an herbalist, and an abbess.
- How she longed to be in the warm company of the abbess and the sisters again.
- Abbots, abbesses and bishops were buried with their croziers, the pastoral staffs symbolic of their office.
- Then the abbess of the convent presents Antipholus of Syracuse, also claiming redress.
- Most of the early medieval saints were bishops, abbots, and abbesses with an impeccable social pedigree.
- A comparison of the rites for the consecration of an abbot or abbess reveals the emphasis in the former on leadership and strength; in the latter on the need of the abbess for divine support.
- The abbess questions the existence of the reincarnations.
- The abbess withheld much from me concerning the fate of my parents.
- It was heavily funded by Otto I, who gave the abbess of the monastery much power and privilege.
- These animals may have been brought by foreign dignitaries who came to pay their respects to Edith and her mother (the abbess of Wilton and a former queen).
- One example of this is in his sermon on St. Hilda, the seventh-century abbess who ruled over a double monastery of men and women at Whitby.
- That is why we have abbesses in our tradition, as well as female doctors of the Church (not to mention queens).
- He maintained a correspondence with Marie's youngest daughter, an orthodox abbess named Mother Alexandra.
- We were on the topic of religious freedom when the abbess went to get our guest some more coffee.
- There are many women who, as abbesses or as ordinary nuns, did much for learning and welfare.
Synonyms nun, novice, prioress, mother superior, reverend mother
OriginMiddle English: from Old French abbesse 'female abbot', from ecclesiastical Latin abbatissa, from abbas, abbat- (see abbot). Definition of abbess in US English: abbessnounˈabəsˈæbəs A woman who is the head of an abbey of nuns. 女修道院院长 Example sentencesExamples - These animals may have been brought by foreign dignitaries who came to pay their respects to Edith and her mother (the abbess of Wilton and a former queen).
- It was heavily funded by Otto I, who gave the abbess of the monastery much power and privilege.
- A comparison of the rites for the consecration of an abbot or abbess reveals the emphasis in the former on leadership and strength; in the latter on the need of the abbess for divine support.
- She was an orthodox theologian, a reformer, a builder, a dramatist, a musician, an herbalist, and an abbess.
- That is why we have abbesses in our tradition, as well as female doctors of the Church (not to mention queens).
- The abbess withheld much from me concerning the fate of my parents.
- One example of this is in his sermon on St. Hilda, the seventh-century abbess who ruled over a double monastery of men and women at Whitby.
- How she longed to be in the warm company of the abbess and the sisters again.
- We were on the topic of religious freedom when the abbess went to get our guest some more coffee.
- I have given my word to the abbess and I pledge the same to you, that she will be generously cared for.
- The abbess questions the existence of the reincarnations.
- Most of the early medieval saints were bishops, abbots, and abbesses with an impeccable social pedigree.
- And when it came to details, he was known to be worse than a fussy abbess running a nunnery.
- Abbots, abbesses and bishops were buried with their croziers, the pastoral staffs symbolic of their office.
- She arrived at the doors of the convent while the abbess was praying in front of the church's crucifix.
- Particularly in Germany, where Hildegard lived, being an abbess was a very commanding position.
- Then the abbess of the convent presents Antipholus of Syracuse, also claiming redress.
- There are many women who, as abbesses or as ordinary nuns, did much for learning and welfare.
- This extract from Hildegard of Bingen, an abbess, is from a book of ecstatic visions.
- He maintained a correspondence with Marie's youngest daughter, an orthodox abbess named Mother Alexandra.
Synonyms nun, novice, prioress, mother superior, reverend mother
OriginMiddle English: from Old French abbesse ‘female abbot’, from ecclesiastical Latin abbatissa, from abbas, abbat- (see abbot). |