单词 | abbess |
释义 | abbess[ ab-is ] / ˈæb ɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR abbess ON THESAURUS.COM nouna woman who is the superior of a convent of nuns. Origin of abbess1275–1325; Middle English abbesse<Old French abbesse, abaesse<Late Latin abbātissa, feminine of abbāsabbot; replacing Middle English abbatisse<Late Latin; in turn replacing Old English abadisse,abbodesse (compare Old High German abbatissa) <Late Latin *ab(b)adissa for abbātissa usage note for abbessSee -ess. Words nearby abbessabbé, Abbe condenser, abbed, Abbe number, Abbé operation, abbess, Abbeville, Abbevillian, abbey, Abbey Theatre, Abbie Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for abbessBritish Dictionary definitions for abbessabbess / (ˈæbɪs) / nounthe female superior of a convent Word Origin for abbessC13: from Old French, from Church Latin abbātissa Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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