英语词汇“abbess”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web So that is a moment when it’s really dramatized: the sacramental authority of the priest on the one hand and the local, relational authority of the abbess on the other hand.

The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 May 2022 That comes from a book on Hildegard of Bingen, who was an abbess in a monastery in Germany in the eleven-hundreds.

Jane Hu, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2021 Behind Convent Walls, his ninth film and one of the breezier entries in his filmography, checks off all these boxes with a light-on-plot chronicle of naughty nuns and their abbess’s futile efforts to wrangle them.

Elle Carroll, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2021 The historical event was the investigation, conducted by the Roman Catholic Church, of Sister Benedetta Carlini, abbess of a convent in Tuscany.

Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2021 In the December 16, 2021 issue of the magazine, Irina Dumitrescu reviews Matrix, Lauren Groff’s new historical novel about a medieval abbess, loosely based on the life of the poet Marie de France.

Willa Glickman, The New York Review of Books, 27 Nov. 2021 If only it could be banished by an abbess, or a novel.

Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2021 Following Offa’s death in 796, Cynethryth joined a religious order and became abbess of the monastery.

Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Aug. 2021 The discovery of a document detailing the occult activities of an old abbess suddenly launches us on a grail quest.

Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English abbesse, borrowed from Anglo-French abbesse, abeiesse, borrowed from Late Latin abbātissa, feminine derivative of abbāt-, abbās abbot

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

单词	abbess
释义	abbess noun ab·bess ˈa-bəs : a woman who is the superior of a convent of nuns Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web So that is a moment when it’s really dramatized: the sacramental authority of the priest on the one hand and the local, relational authority of the abbess on the other hand. The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 May 2022 That comes from a book on Hildegard of Bingen, who was an abbess in a monastery in Germany in the eleven-hundreds. Jane Hu, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2021 Behind Convent Walls, his ninth film and one of the breezier entries in his filmography, checks off all these boxes with a light-on-plot chronicle of naughty nuns and their abbess’s futile efforts to wrangle them. Elle Carroll, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2021 The historical event was the investigation, conducted by the Roman Catholic Church, of Sister Benedetta Carlini, abbess of a convent in Tuscany. Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2021 In the December 16, 2021 issue of the magazine, Irina Dumitrescu reviews Matrix, Lauren Groff’s new historical novel about a medieval abbess, loosely based on the life of the poet Marie de France. Willa Glickman, The New York Review of Books, 27 Nov. 2021 If only it could be banished by an abbess, or a novel. Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2021 Following Offa’s death in 796, Cynethryth joined a religious order and became abbess of the monastery. Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Aug. 2021 The discovery of a document detailing the occult activities of an old abbess suddenly launches us on a grail quest. Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2020 See More Word History Etymology Middle English abbesse, borrowed from Anglo-French abbesse, abeiesse, borrowed from Late Latin abbātissa, feminine derivative of abbāt-, abbās abbot First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition abbess noun ab·bess ˈa-bəs : the head of an abbey for women abbess noun as in prioress Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance prioress nun anchoress conventual abbot monk religious priestess novice monastic friar deaconess bishop mother superior votary sister archbishop deacon pope mendicant ecclesiastic oblate preacher cleric reverend archpriest clerical cloistress clergyman clergywoman divine ancress high priestess dean prelate churchman abbé presbyter rector vicar Reverend Mother dominie diocesan curé clerk confessor pastor minister parson monsignor chaplain clergyperson high priest padre shepherd father missionary curate missioner evangelist Holy Joe revivalist sky pilot missionizer Antonyms & Near Antonyms layman lector layperson secular lay reader
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