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abbess

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈæb.ɪs/Part of speech nounSorted abbessStarts with AEnds with S0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the superior of a group of nuns

Word origin

From Middle English abbesse, from Old French abeesse (French abbesse), from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbatissa, feminine of Latin abbas, abbatis (“abbot”).

Used in a sentence

  • The abbess was always after the nuns to keep the convent immaculately clean.
  • So an old Abbess for the rattling Rakes, / A tempting dish of human nature makes, / And dresses up a luscious Maid: / I rather should have said, indeed, undresses, / To please a youth's unsanctified caresses.

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